Sunday, May 15, 2011

Absurdity to Infinity

"More than the absurdity of life itself is the absurdity of trying to find meaning in it."

If you accept that life is absurd - lets start with this assumption. Why? You ask me. Well, why not?? You gotta start somewhere - so if you truly "accept" that life is absurd the you would stop trying to find meaning in it. That is to say, you will stop trying to look for meaning, search it in the past or wish it in the future. And just maybe try to enjoy the present instead. Maybe then you would see the present in its entirity (google's spell check's telling me that's not a word). I guess life truly, is just about appreciating it, moment by moment.

To go one step further, since you can't look ahead and see what happens 'after life', you can't really be sure that life is absurd (that is to say, has no meaning) either. Because by definition 'meaning' follows (and not precedes) 'existence'/'event'. At this point, even if you do not accept the initial assumption, I would ask you to consider the wisdom in trying to find meaning in life...

Maybe a thought initiated the action, but the action does not remember why it was initiated, it can only remember again at the point of its flawless completion, which is when the thought is realized. [Circle? or Infinity?]

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