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Some would say it’s incredibly cruel to bring new life into existence for that very reason.
by BizarreByte 4y ago
Some would say it’s incredibly cruel to bring new life into existence for that very reason.
- gerdesj 4y agoYet those same people (whomever they are) continue to perpetuate their own "cruel" existence.
- brookst 4y agoThe living can consent
- bialpio 4y agoYou can try to do the best you can with the hand you got dealt but still wish you weren't at the table.
- BizarreByte 4y agoThe human mind makes it very hard for people to do anything but continue living. It takes an unbelievable amount of effort to overcome the natural safeguards our brain has built in. Someone can hate their life, find it exceptionally cruel, yet find themselves unable to end said life despite not waiting to live it. That aside, you can tolerate or even enjoy life while understanding that for many it's an absolutely awful experience they had no say in partaking in.
- BeFlatXIII 4y agoFun fact: the will to live (or, rather, the will to continue your own existence at all costs) is considered to be one of the five poisons of the mind in the Yoga sutras.
- s1artibartfast 4y agoSome people would say that, and in some cases they would be right. I don't particularly believe it to be true, but it is an interesting thought experiment
- scns 4y agoThe mind is great at birthing warped antinatural thoughts. Life has so many beatiful facets, if we allow ourselves to see them. Our conscious mind gets to perceive what passed our belief-filters. It's worth trying out new ones. Saying so as a depressed, anti-everything punk radiating hatred turned annoyingly positive optimist, who prefers ugly truths to comforting lies. Got there with a willingness to question my own behaviour, accept criticism (gifts) and taking responsibility for my screwups over two decades.
- Luc 4y agoSee interesting philosophy books ‘Every Cradle is a Grave’ and ‘Better Never to Have Been’. Not for the easily depressed reader.
- BizarreByte 4y agoNot for the easily depressed person and definitely not for the already depressed, but I consider them worth reading. It's an interesting perspective one isn't likely to encounter very much, if ever.