By pwalington

Years ago, I took a couple courses on philosophy; Descartes, Rand, Kant, and Kierkegaard were among the minds that I had the chance to explore. Of all those people, however, Descartes interested me the most. I was, perhaps, a bit immature at that point in my life, so I mostly became intrigued by his ‘method’ of processing his thoughts. If anyone spends time baking in a large oven for hours at a time, they’re bound to have some interesting stuff going on up there. Nevertheless, I delved thoroughly into Descartes’ meditations; I loved the way he thought, and the way he attempted to derive absolute truths from uncertainty. I grew to form my own rebuttals and ideas, mainly those involving Descartes’ process of proving the existence of God.

As you know, Descartes postulated that any idea that was clear and distinct in one’s mind had to have at least some objective reality attached to it. For instance, picture a chair: where did that image come from? Does it correspond to a physical object in the external world? Even if we are in a deceiver’s world, our minds are attached to our consciousness, free from manipulation; the idea comes from somewhere, either from another person or the actual chair. The very fact that we can conjure that image in our minds tells us that the chair has some reality in it. Now, try picturing a mythical beast that no one has ever thought of. Despite our best efforts, any image we conceive is that of a beast already revealed to us. You might picture a hippogriff, or even a sphinx. Therefore, any idea that is not clear in our minds has to be a figment of our imagination, and any idea that is clear and distinct has to be real.

We also learn from Descartes that man, due to his imperfections, cannot perfectly reproduce any image we conceive of. If we build a boat, that boat will never be exactly like the boat we thought of. It may look the same, but nothing we do is without flaws. If we think about a boat, and really concentrate on it, we can understand that it’s made of imperfect materials; wood that rots, metal that rust, etc. The concept of a boat, due to the nature of its substance and reality, could easily have been created by man. There is nothing in the boat more perfect than the person who made; thus, any cause has just as much objective reality as its effect. Although the creation is less perfect than the thought, there should be no reason why one is more ‘real’ than the other. If something real causes something else real, the level of existence is the same within both substances. This is the difference between formal reality (the intrinsic value of something) and objective reality (the value representational of a real object).

Now, think about the idea of God. Descartes believed that the thought of God was so perfect, infinite, and without flaws that man could not have conceived it himself. Since we are the effect of some cause, as is everything in the finite world, the thing that gave birth to us has to, without a doubt, exist. The idea of God does not conform to the limitations of man and creation. Man can only create so many finite things with finite materials; God however, being infinite, can cause as many effects as he wishes. The ‘natural light,’ meaning the light of nature, shows us that any increase in our knowledge is a rise in intellectual state, and anything that can be improved is imperfect. Perfection is reserved for the infinite, as is absolute knowledge; therefore, God must be all knowing, infinite, and perfect.

Here’s where I have difficulty understanding: why does the ladder of being need to continue after man? In a universe where every living thing, and every piece of matter in existence leans towards entropy, what is there to suggest that something ordered and absolute is behind it all? I understand that the concept of God is beyond the grasps of mankind, but it is possible (and Descartes has attested to this) that this thought was fabricated through millions of people over time. Think again about a chair; can you make that picture better? Certainly; you might picture a throne, or even a comfortable couch. Can that couch then fly? No, but it can in our minds. The point is, every quality in God is based on some quality in man that has been perfected. We, as finite beings, die at some point in time. What if we didn’t? Over time, this idea could have manifested into a clear and distinct concept, along with every other quality existing in man; it does not mean that the concept is real. However, it is also true that nothing in the known universe is infinite by Descartes’ standards. So, where did the concept of omnipotence originate from? According to Descartes, the idea of the infinite is beyond us and had to originate from some higher power.

To answer this question, we need to re-evaluate our definition of infinite. Even when we die, when everything finishes reacting and we return to our original states, the matter in our bodies doesn’t disappear. It returns to the earth. The law of conservation states that matter cannot be created or destroyed; every single grain of anything will always be there in some form. Therefore, man is finite as a function of his consciousness and being, but infinite physically. But what about knowledge? If someone truly is infinite, they need to be all knowing. Again, we need to understand what knowledge is. We define it through many aspects, such as science and literature; however, science is the study of matter. Literature is the study of explanation, and the interaction between beings composed of matter. Our minds are composed of electrical signals, whims of energy created by our infinite selves, energy that fizzles out or transforms into different forms of different energy. In this world, our consciousness exists as the only true finite substance. That being said, knowledge is simply the finite part of ourselves trying to extend into and understand the infinite world around us. There is no evidence to suggest that these two levels of existence should be completely aware of or ‘understand’ each other; as far as I can deduce, they never will. Descartes’ nature as a human being led him to associate the finite (consciousness) with the infinite (physical self), when the interaction between the two is not necessary for infinite substances to continue. Thus, man is infinite, and all knowing in the sense that he is composed of the infinite fabric of the world he tries to understand. That being said, since man is the only thing in the universe with a finite self, we can be considered perfect by our own standards.

Also consider the way in which we perceive God. He is shapeless, formless, and all knowing. If the concept of God was placed into our minds by some divine and existing power, why do we all bear physical images of him in our minds? In North America, he is caucasian and has a beard. In other religions, he has dark skin with stronger facial features. Why, if God is formless and perfect, does the thought of him entail a physical picture? If God, and by association the thought of God, is perfect, then how can man attribute different features and forms to him? This suggests even further that the concept of God was not placed there by natural light. If every man knew, specifically knew, through some divine power all about God’s qualities, there would not be any depictions at all.

While I do maintain belief in God, the philosophical question of his existence remains  open, and I find it intriguing to delve into literature and present arguments. This segment is just one of many I plan on writing in the future.

One of the greatest challenges most people face today is coming to terms with the fact that some times we all need a hand in life, especially when it comes to setting you on the right path to improving your personal life. There are many qualified people who can help you with this as long as you are willing to accept that these people can change the things you want changed in your life. 

Another challenge for most is discovering and coming to terms with the fact that, although there are things in your life that you can change, there are some things you just can’t change. The first step, however, to beginning your journey on the road to improving your personal life is finally accepting that you are who you are, regardless of what others may think of you. By accepting this you will find it easier to come to terms with many changes that will take place in your life as you begin to transform yourself for the better. You will discover you are off to a flying start of improving you personal life. 

One amazing ability you will discover as you begin to change your life for the better is that you will find laughter again, the same amazing quality of laughter you once had as a child, even when there is really nothing to be laughing at. Lets say you’re standing in the checkout on a hot summer’s day, the kids are screaming, you’re tired from shopping all day and all you want to do is get home and put your feet up. Suddenly, out of no where, some mindless fool in a hurry and not conscious of the fact that everyone else in the shop is in a hurry too, pushes you. How would you feel at that very moment? Angry? Frustrated at the mindless person? No, not when you have found the abilty to laugh again. You would simply stand back and laugh at the situation because you know, after working so hard on improving yourself, that this push from this stranger is not a threat against you personally, but merely a threat to your emotion. And by simply standing back and laughing at the situation you will suddenly find a way to gain control of the situation and accept it for what it is. Nothing at all really. Just one more moment in the precious and rare existence we call life.

When you can accept that things like the person pushing you in a hot checkout lane are things that happen in life; when you can accept there are others in this world just as impatient and hot; when you can accept yourself then, and only then, can you discover a way to take control. You can see with all entirely how you can improve your personal life when you are in control. You will learn quickly how to discover your true self when you learn to accept.

I want to ask you a question now. Do you believe that when you, or someone you know, acts in a certain way that is the same way you act all the time, is your true identity? If you answered “no” to that question then give yourself a pat on the back – you are 100% correct. If you answered “yes” that’s okay but right here right now you need to understand that the belief that when someone acts the same way at all times means that that is their true identity is basically politically incorrect! The subject “Individuality is Personal” is merely a conclusion that has been exaggerated by many philosophers. Our personality reflects everyday on many changes, and the truth is each new day brings many new and exciting things with it, which are new changes for us. The world is plagued with influences, both good and bad, and because we all have actions, behaviors, thoughts and even emotions, our personality will never remain the same at all times because it reflects on these changes. 

Take a look around yourself and you will see just how many influences are surrounding you. Take a really long hard look and you will discover there are millions of them, if not billions! There is the television, the media, house-holds, the government, the schools, just to name a few, and it is these influences that has created the world in which you live in that has desensitised you. Something you have to accept is that somewhere at some time someone is judging someone else. It is a sad occurance but you cannot change these peoples behaviours and way of thinking, only they can do that for themselves. But you can change your own behaviour and way of thinking. This is part of the journey to improving your personal life and a big part of learning and accepting. And once you have learned how to change yourself for the better then sharing what you have learned with ours is a sure-fire way to help them begin the road to self-improvment in their personal life. But you can only do this if you are truly happy with your own life first, because your journey will rely totally on sources that prove truthful with their actions, and there’s no point preaching something to another person if you yourself don’t truly believe it. Positive reflections are the key to happiness in your life and by reflecting this postiveness onto others is the key to their way of changing and accepting. 

So again I repeat from ealier in this article, once you learn to accept that you cannot purposely change the behaviour of others, then you will feel the eagerness to laugh at someone who has just pushed you in the checkout lane. You will see the humour in the actions of someone who has made you angry. And if you make a mistake, you will see the humour in that mistake as well and see that life is full of mistakes because that is the only way you can truly ever learn.

You will certainly begin to feel so much better inside once you begin to see humour in life. It is a sad truth that there are so many greedy people involved with us in this unruly world – greedy, envious, lustful souls they are almost like tigers hunting others as prey. But if you can learn how to get along with these people, learn how to work with them, accept them for who they are, you will find moving on is a lot eaiser and smoother. Once you’ve master how to change yourself for the better, you will be suprised by how many people will want to follow suit. 

There will be a new feeling growing inside you as you grow as well, and this new feeling will be hunger because as you advance down your path to improvement you will hunger to continue discovering new ways to better yourself and find amzingly new things about yourself. You will simply become more inspired when you begin to feel this hunger burning inside you, and all you will need to do is embrace it in order to achieve your goals.

1. They can’t be you.

2. They envy something of/anything about you.

3. They can’t get/have what you get/have.

4. They think your life is better than theirs.

5. They can’t do what you do even if they try.

6. They can’t make you do what they want you to do.

7. They aren’t noticed as much as you do.

8. You have what they can never have.

9. You’re better than them.

It might be that you’re in a better place/situation in life than they are. Or you look awesome even if it seems you’re not doing much. Or you usually come out better than the rest even if you don’t want to.

10. You don’t notice them or pay attention to them without meaning to.

11. They feel undervalued even if they shouldn’t.

12. You hurt their feelings.

It doesn’t matter if you did it intentionally or not, they will still hate you anyway. 

13. They don’t understand you.

It may be that they’re afraid of you or simply idolize you or maybe even love you a certain way but since it’s not reciprocated the way they want it, it turns into something else entirely. That’s why they ruin you, irritate you or do all the nasty stuff to you. It’s either that or they think you’re pathetic. Either way hate is still kind of a strong word.

People hating on you isn’t something to be proud of. You don’t boast how much someone hates you just because you’re who you are. But of course that might be a defense mechanism.

So what have we learned from this list then? Should you change yourself for them to please them? Nothing can really please people nowadays aside from making them feel good.

Hate is a strong enough word. It is unpleasant. It is uncomfortable. It makes you wanna kill someone.

Why would you wanna hate someone? Is it because you feel insignificant? Stupid? Unloved? Wronged?

What exactly is your problem that it made you hate someone? Is it because you got hurt? Why did it hurt?

You do know that nobody’s perfect right? But everyone strives to be perfect to the detriment of others, which shouldn’t be the case. Heck i don’t even care about my grammar, using a foreign language is enough as long as i get the point across and am understood.

So what can i say about this? Well why don’t we all start doing what is right instead of hating people and putting them down just because we hate them. After all if it weren’t for them, you wouldn’t be where you are now. You may be bitter and still seek revenge but revenge is empty, as we have all witnessed in movies, TV shows, anime and the like. It only feels good at the beginning but then it makes you feel more rotten inside without you even noticing it.

Doing the right thing might be hard but it’s better. Use your hatred to make life better for you and everyone else without deliberately stepping on other people. You’re just going to make things worse than it is if you do. Learn from your pain. Use your pain and the hate that results from it to learn about who you are and how people react to you and turn things into something positive. Hate and pain will consume you if you let it, so don’t let it keep you from having a happy and positive life.

Pray. Laugh. Love. Live.

Enjoy life to the fullest and make the world a much better place for everyone. =)

Erection: The action of putting up or putting together something, also the penis or even the clitoris that has become rigid.

Ersatz: Made in imitation; artificial, especially of an inferior quality.

Epic: Momentously heroic witch is extending beyond the usual, also means a long poem about demigods and other heroic stuff.

Energy: A quantity that denotes the ability to do work and is measured in a unit dimensioned in mass × distance²/time² (ML²/T²) or the equivalent.

Empire: A political unit having an extensive territory or comprising a number of territories or nations and ruled by a single supreme authority; i.e. an emperor.

Electricity: Energy caused by the behavior of electrons and protons.

Ectoplasm: The visible substance believed to emanate from the body of a spiritualistic medium during communication with the dead.

Echo: A reflexion of sound.

Earth: The 3rd planet from the sun, also means soil

Bonus:

El Dorado: A legendary lost city of gold thus, any place with massive wealth.

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Cigarettes burn, women bleed,

What are we trying to save?

Development is only one of the many ways to live. It is probably the hunger to find meaning in what is otherwise a pretty empty existence. We fight to live only for the fear of death. This is foolish, if you ask me.

I saw him hoping against hope

An old man of borrowed breaths

But his life is only as real,

As of the ones who filled his time,

All already sentenced to death

So we spend millions of pounds and half our time on extravagant scientific projects trying to figure out just why we exist. Philosophers and religious men have their own screwed up opinions. I don’t know what the truth is and I don’t judge, but all I see around me are distractions.

I saw his hand-built make-believe home

With enough to keep us all occupied

So we’re busy living, so we don’t analyze

The reason for reason, so we don’t ask

At least till the old man dies

Our existence is only temporary and we know it. And so we start screwing with it. We create a world where the mere purpose of our lives becomes moving forward. And we start building, for we know that when moving forward will no longer be an option, we will need something to look back upon.

And we get all messed up between living and analyzing.

Sitting atop his own world, he counts the rolling tears

And what he’s built and what will remain,

And what he’s taken to his grave

For all he wants is to have mattered

He lost his watch long ago, and he didn’t even notice

Cigarettes burn, women bleed, what are we trying to save?

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Make sure to thoroughly clean your own table at the conclusion of each and every workday. This way whenever you appear the following early morning you’ll be prepared for any clean begin. Arriving to become confronted with chaos immediately could possibly get your day away to some poor begin. The thoroughly clean table increases your own efficiency.

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Based totally on the calendar of Mesoamerican civilization which was known for their precision, infact the most precise on earth, we are heading towards the end of this world. Around 3,000 years ago, Mayans the great astrologists discovered that Earth’s Axe oscillates and keep on changing their position after every twenty-six thousand years and this will end up in the change of positions of bordering stars all the time. We are moving towards the end of this large cycle which according to Mayan civilization will be the day 21st December 2012 that will coincide with this event.

Thousands years back, the Mayans figured out the length of lunar moon that came out to be 329.53020 days and 34 seconds out. Mayan calendar asserted December 21, 2012 is near to the mark with lunar cycle, it is going to be the end of this world. The Mayan calendar was the center of Mayan life and one of their greatest cultural achievements. The Mayan Calendar’s ancestral data explains the Maya’s existence since their birth and there was not too much that escaped its influence. The Mayan history begins in Yucatan around 2600 BC which became outstanding in around AD 250 in today’s southern Mexico, western Houduras, Guatemala, EI Salvador and southern Belize.

Using the inventions they inherited and mixing them with the philosophy of earlier civilizations like Olmec calendrical systems, hieroglyphic writing all gave by Mayans. These people were also famous for their self-explanatory and seriously decorated ceremonial design like palaces, observatories, temple pyramids and all these built without the usage of metal tools. Also the history says that they were skilled farmers who also used to clear tropical rain forests and build underground reservoirs for storing rain water at the places where there was a scarcity of groundwater. Also the history hints of Mayans being talented weavers and potters and finding their tactics thru jungles or swampy areas so as to make network with distant folks.

Well, for the moment what we can now say for our sake is that earth has survived so many prophecies per dooms day so far that it can be made sure that it is this very day the 21st December 2012 that the world will come to an end. With so many more ideas coming up, some connected to each other while some don’t ; to support the same i.e. The end of planet earth in 2012 they start the thinking about people and fear in them of the end of their lives. As such, what can be done is more research by pros while wait for the day for common men.

• Why study? Why care? Why make friends? Why does all of this shit happen?

• Why am I supposed to live by the standards of society? Why is society to strict as to what’s “normal”? What is normal? Why am I expected to act normally?

• Why should I give a flying fuck as to what everyone thinks? Why does it seem like I do care? I’m writing this article aren’t I?

• Why am I writing this article? Am I just bored? Or do I have a point?

• Why do people judge off of one interaction? Why is it a hit or miss off of the first impression?

• Why is there so much hate in the world? Why can’t people just learn to live as one group of people? Why can’t we act at peace, live at peace, and be happy?

• Why is this world so hard to live in? Why do we exist here? What is out purpose on this planet? What is the point of life?

• Why do we live our pathetic little lives when we really aren’t worth anything? Why do we care?

Why…

Can someone just please tell me… why?

MY view on it is really simple: Non of it really matters. Coorect me if I’m wring, please! I really just want to know why to care.

Please, if there’s anything you disagree with, tell me.

No matter how a lot wealth all of us have the ability to build up in this world, it is virtually useless without having a healthy body. This is tied closely towards the knowledge of our own death. Deep down, everyone knows that we only have a handful of decades on the planet and then it’s over.

See how to avoid of this, what gets essential then? That’s indeed an interesting question. The most important thing cannot be cash, because we can’t go around when we pass away. What is important can’t be the possessions simply because, once more, they are not going with us. Having money and belongings is extremely temporary. Those activities cease in order to issue to us when we die.

Some turn to relationships once they realize this. They think that family and friends must be the most important thing after that. However, we’ll lose connection with family and friends whenever we pass away too.

Some people pass away and then return. These people refer to this as the actual near-death encounter. Many of those people talk about the things they noticed in the condition of passing away. Additionally they talk about how they feel that is almost universally wonderful. There are some that statement going to a very poor location, however the majority feel good. They are free of the pain and struggling of the mortal bodies.

In the near-death encounter, numerous discuss the life span evaluation procedure, exactly where they observe their life displayed before them. The good points they do and also the poor are right there. Additionally they observe how their own measures and phrases impacted others too. Evidently it can be very painful to recognize just how much all of us harm others and caused others discomfort.

They also get to see the good things they do. I recall one lady who experienced the life span review process said that the most significant act in her entire existence occurred when she was a little girl. Your woman asserted the most crucial motion from the woman’s whole existence had been holding a little blossom in her hand as well as passing on unconditional love. Which was it, from her entire life which was deemed the most important point your woman actually do.

See how to avoid of that, we are able to determine which what is important isn’t that we were but how well we treated others on this existence. Therefore, whenever we consider our way of life and hang our goals, maybe it might be a good idea in the event that all of us considered others first.

Every day life is not really temporary, however existence on Earth is actually short-term. Exactly how are we going to face those people who are viewing what we should perform, when it is throughout? Hopefully, we’ll did things that we are able to end up being joyous about.

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In the first few chapters of the Bible, God says he created man in his own image. Doesn’t this sentence imply that we truly exist? Or did God mean that he created us in his mind? In that same part of the Bible, God makes man out of mere dust. This verse also screams our existence, but wait, aren’t our mere thoughts made from nothing? Or at least little molecules of nothing? And isn’t the dust made from molecules of sand which when broken down form little molecules of nothing? So does this mean that God created us humans in his mind and never actually made us in reality? 

One verse in the Bible explains it all, it says “I knew you before you where formed in your mother’s womb”. This clearly shows us that God not only made us, but also put us in his mind never to be forgotten. Other parts of the Bible show us that God knows us by name and knows everything about us before he formed us in our mother’s womb. 

Now that we know we exist, we must now realize that it is wrong to question our existence. The bible describes how sad it would be if a child came up to it’s parents and asked “why was I born?”. It will be shameful for such a question to be asked, because we begin to not trust our maker and therefore to question our existence is to question our maker.