Living in the moment

• When I seriously contemplate my desired future self, life plans, and the rationale behind my actions, I tend to become distressed.

  • In all likelihood, no matter how hard I try, I will ultimately come back to the question of ”meaning of life“.

• In facing this, I had the following thoughts:

  • Is this something from Nietzsche?
  • However, I want to avoid getting trapped in believing something once and then being unable to break free from it.
  • In the uncertain world ahead, it’s quite possible for scenarios like setting a goal and fully embracing it from the depths of your heart, only to have the premise collapse, to easily occur.

• As a third approach, there seems to be a life perspective like the following:

  • Having a fleeting view of life as a base, but immersing oneself in a mode of believing in a goal as a fleeting whim.
  • The imagery of putting on and taking off the VR goggles of “meaning of life and aspirations”.
    • There are various VR goggles such as “engaging in interesting research”, “earning money”, “spending enriching time with people”, “living a life like the mist of the world”, and by wearing them, one immerses oneself in that world.
    • However, keeping the option of taking off the VR goggles in mind.
  • Good things:
    • Most problems can be resolved by living in the moment.
      • When living with some kind of purpose, events can turn into “bad events”.
        • For example, “not submitting the assignment by the deadline is bad because it will lower my GPA and cause trouble in the graduate school entrance exam”.
      • But if deep down you think that those are goals you set for yourself, you won’t worry too much.
    • Not dying a meaningless death.
      • Even if one could fully embrace a fleeting view of life, they would probably end up dying meaninglessly.
    • Life is colorful and enjoyable with meaning.
      • I would rather choose a life with meaning over a life without meaning.

• This text might not be about desires of “this is how I want to be”, but rather a description of understanding the mechanism of “this is how I think I will turn out”.

  • Fundamentally, I think “I prefer a life with goals and meaning over a life without them”.
  • I also accept relativism/the absolute lack of meaning in life.
  • With that in mind, I choose to immerse myself in some form of goal as a fleeting judgment.

• Is this Thoughts on Emptiness? (blu3mo)

  • Perhaps the philosophy of emptiness is essentially relativism.
  • In that case, I would like to know what Buddhism is talking about. (blu3mo)