What is Life ????

Lady B · Senior Member

What is Life ????

abre les ojos · Guru

FUNNY THING. THAT QUOTE IS ALSO ATTRIBUTED TO OSCAR WILDE (?)

IT BOILS DOWN TO RATIONALISATION.

FOR THOSE WHO UTILISE THEIR MINDS. LATERALLY. RATIONALLY. PERHAPS DISPASSIONATELY HAVE THE ABILITY; IN A SORT OF MACHIAVELLAN WAY, TO SEE LIFE AS SUCH. CAN FACE CHALLENGES AND SOLVE ISSUES PRACTICALLY.

ON THE OTHER HAND, THOSE WHO RESORT TO EMOTIONAL INTERPRETATIONS TEND TO; OR ARE MORE LIKELY TO VIEW LIFE THAT WAY TOO. FULL OF TRAGEDY, SUFFERING, INEQUALITIES ETC.

I BELIEVE IT IS ESSENTIAL TO HAVE A REASONABLE BALANCE OF BOTH. TRAGEDY PRODUCES ART, MUSIC (GOOD MUSIC THAT IS) POETRY. PRACTICALITY IS WHERE SCIENCE LIES. DEVOID OF HUMAN EMOTIONS AND ETHICS. I.E. ATOMS AND CHEMICALS AND VIRUSES DON'T CARE WHETHER ONE IS RICH, POOR, BLACK OR WHITE; THEY JUST DO WHAT THEY DO.

I WILL CONTINUE...

Lady B · Senior Member

I agree with you, but then why is one happy and how do we analys happiness

*kiss*

abre les ojos · Guru

THAT IS ENTIRELY UP TO YOU & YOURSELF.

HAPPINESS IS NOT PLEASURE, IT IS MOSTLY VICTORY (AT LEAST FOR ME). PLEASURE IS SHORT LIVED. E.G. BEING TOTALLY WASTED. OR HAVING AN ORGASM. OR DRIVING A FAST CAR.

HAPPINESS IS MORE COMPLEX. BEING IN THE STATE OF TOTAL SATISFACTION USUALLY AFTER A TRIAL. PASSING A HARD EXAM. CLIMBING A MOUNTAIN. WINNING A GAME. IT IS MORE THAN JUST PLEASURE, IT IS WINNING TOO. OVERCOMMING. FEELING IN LOVE WITH SOMEONE AND KNOWING THEY FEEL THE SAME.

YOU GET MY DRIFT?

Masipeko · Newbie

True , abre les jos , what a name !!

i agree with what you have just said i have always said Happiness is the main initiator of good feeling. Intensity of good feeling is proportional to will to live.
It is a feeling that we associate with will to live.
Happiness as a general rule comes from doing/sensing/having what you want. This comes in forms such as self satisfaction from achievement for example.
However since human society is so inhibiting, we have invented artificially induced happiness from entertainment, based on stimulating the senses. For example music and going out to the cinema or clubbing.
Life is such a frustrating contradiction: it seeks that which it cannot find and strives for that which it cannot have. No wonder it ends up with nothing.

Lady B · Senior Member

First, I dont think Im clear on what you meant by "main initiator of good feeling". Also, happiness is proportional to good will seems a bit odd. If you have ever seen the princess bride, revenge fuels the will to live. Happiness may well be correlated to a will to live, but surely it they are not contingent upon eachother in strong enough a way to call them "proportional".
Next, the satisfaction of desires is interesting. However, what are we to say for the desireless person. Many people ie monks seem happier than anyone, yet they (allegdly) do not desire.
Just some quick thoughts, to some degree I agree with what you have to say.

*Kiss*

game · Guru

guys

i dont mean to destroy or break up your dialogue but i do have a feeling that abre is keeso as jones 1 said.i smell a rat.

Lady B · Senior Member

Game Honey , how about some contribution , whats wrong with Abre being Kesso

mwina munthu wangofuna kusintha

iweyo umamuvuta Kesso , nchifukwa chake anachoka pano , but i must say , i kinda miss him

Kesso kumene uliko , ngati umandya ndiwo zanchele na unva kokoma , unvenso kukoma mawu angawa come back home!!!!!!!! we miss you

*kiss*

jones_1 · Veteran Member

Lady B wrote:

Game Honey , how about some contribution , whats wrong with Abre being Kesso mwina munthu wangofuna kusintha iweyo umamuvuta Kesso , nchifukwa chake anachoka pano , but i must say , i kinda miss him Kesso kumene uliko , ngati umandya ndiwo zanchele na unva kokoma , unvenso kukoma mawu angawa come back home!!!!!!!! we miss you *kiss*

Lady B

aint nothing wrong with changin your identities....i dont think game meant it that way!

Kesso kumene uliko , ngati umandya ndiwo zanchele na unva kokoma , unvenso kukoma mawu angawa

koma ndiye youve just reminded me o some play back in the days....was it kwathu drama group??those were the days...

anyways,lemme not disturb your arguements!

ciao

game · Guru

lady b

i can contribute to this but maybe i thought after reading abres posts i just remembered my friend keeso dont get me wrong,i also miss him.

ada keeso kumenekoko uliko remember me still got love for you hommie.