Yes- Ulysses is worth a second or third read.// Neighbors gave me a statue as a parting gift a few decades back- a girl throwing a ball in the air- their note read: Life is a mystery to be lived- not a problem to be solved. (It didn't help- I was waltzing into a problem.) But I am not countering your thought- life is really a little of both- at least I find it so.
On Feb 15, 8:08 am, gwilliamsny11 <[email protected]> wrote: > After 75 years of experience on this earth plane here is my conclusion as to > the meaning of -at least - my life: > > Living from day to day confronts us with a never ending array of problems > ranging from practical issues such as > > what is on the top of my to do list - to philosophical such as why am I > bothering to get up at all - to urgent: I have to do something > > about the pain in my tooth- > > Since I am preoccupied with one or more problems to be solved and it gives me > satisfaction to master each and all of them --it follows > > that the good life must be concerned with becoming an expert problem solver. > > Adopting this ethic reinforces my interests in science (particularly > scientific method); philosophical theory and discourse (particularly > > Spinoza, the Pragmatists, Socrates, Plato and Aristotle); continuing to > examine the implications of viewing the nature of meaningful > > coincidences from two alternative perspectives (Jung: mystical magical > transcendent collective unconscious and G Williams > > naturalistic, personal unconscious, by products of the idiosyncratic > creative process); depth psychology notably Freudian > > classical psychoanalysis, British Object Relations theorists especially > Guntrip, Winnicott etc); continued learning about the nature of > > psychodynamics; continuing learning about the nature of the self and how it > develops (particularly Spitz, The First Year of Life) - Freiberg: > > The Magic Years; and adopting the seminal incite that the key to emotional > success is adopting and practicing the discovery that the > > best attitude to coping with the daily experiences of anxiety, depression, > frustration and stress (tension) is an attitude of bring them on > > and I will tolerate them the best I can which is essentially the concluding > message of Molly Bloom in Joyce's must read classic: > > Ulysses - that after a life time of experience much of it traumatic she sums > up with yes, yes, yes, yes yes yes, again yes. Top that ethic > > if you can. > > Gibbs A. Williams gibbsonline. com > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: pol.science kid <[email protected]> > To: minds-eye <[email protected]> > Sent: Tue, Feb 14, 2012 11:53 pm > Subject: Re: Mind's Eye Re: Life's Purpose > > Do you mean ... to always do the right thing?.... > > On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 3:37 AM, gabbydott <[email protected]> wrote: > > I understood that Erica meant it was our cognitive abilities which had made > us aware of better streamlining ourselves. > > I hope this opens up for a more mortal and less moral interpretation, yes. > > On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 9:08 AM, pol.science kid <[email protected]> wrote: > > yes... thats such an interesting thing... happiness is a choice.... but we > dont quite know about it do we.. nor do mot of us care.... > sometimes i hate happiness ... but thats really not possible is it... it only > exposes the essentially morbid mind... > > On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 1:26 PM, Erica Moreau <[email protected]> wrote: > > I thought happiness was the purpose [not that people can recognize > that happiness is not a feeling, but rather a choice...] > > On Feb 5, 10:55 am, RP Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > > Life has no purpose except evolution ; a person has to search his own > > purpose in life and live for it. Some live for the attainment of wealth and > > fame , some for the freedom of their country , removal of corruption , some > > for the attainment of wisdom and some for the happiness of their children. > > You have to set your own priorities. > > -- > EverComing > > -- > EverComing- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
