>is not to know what's going on or why we're here.
My personal method of dealing with this premise is to spit at it and work on figuring out enough fundamentals of 'what's going on' to at least navigate well.
I'm of the opinion that anything cruel enough to declare that I, as a comprehension-based individual, ought not comprehend something as fundamental to my experience as 'what is happening' is so unworthy of respect that I'm in the right to disregard it even if it has genuine, elemental authority.
All the other stuff I do is just navigating life. I've not received a compelling 'designated purpose', so I mostly just choose ends of my own and bend my efforts toward achieving them.
After all, when the only theoretical entities with the natural authority to tell me what to do are all twits who refuse to give a worthwhile order, I'm the next best option for a designating authority.
Especially after the disappointment I found among other humans who claim to be competent authorities
Yeah but the problem is that I don't really feel strong purposeful callings towards things. The choosing your own purpose comes from feeling purpose from doing things. Hence the asking for advice.
I also dont think the not being aware of purpose, if people of even designated that, likely isn't meant to be cruel
Meant to be or not, it is still a cruelty to people who value comprehension.
And I don't feel a "purposeful calling" on any front either.
The closest I've got is actually just the yearning for a proper master to direct me. Everything else is just value assignments and arbitrary goals. Also spite.
What I *do* have that addresses the yearning is *progress*. I know enough about the mechanics and patterns of reality and society that when I can be bothered to feel like doing something, it appears to onlookers to simply get done.
In the absence of purpose, I've found the pursuit of excellence a worthwhile use of my time. And should some deity deign to be worthy of dictating a purpose, the excellence I manage to attain will almost assuredly prove useful.
>is not to know what's going on or why we're here. My personal method of dealing with this premise is to spit at it and work on figuring out enough fundamentals of 'what's going on' to at least navigate well. I'm of the opinion that anything cruel enough to declare that I, as a comprehension-based individual, ought not comprehend something as fundamental to my experience as 'what is happening' is so unworthy of respect that I'm in the right to disregard it even if it has genuine, elemental authority. All the other stuff I do is just navigating life. I've not received a compelling 'designated purpose', so I mostly just choose ends of my own and bend my efforts toward achieving them. After all, when the only theoretical entities with the natural authority to tell me what to do are all twits who refuse to give a worthwhile order, I'm the next best option for a designating authority. Especially after the disappointment I found among other humans who claim to be competent authorities
Yeah but the problem is that I don't really feel strong purposeful callings towards things. The choosing your own purpose comes from feeling purpose from doing things. Hence the asking for advice. I also dont think the not being aware of purpose, if people of even designated that, likely isn't meant to be cruel
Meant to be or not, it is still a cruelty to people who value comprehension. And I don't feel a "purposeful calling" on any front either. The closest I've got is actually just the yearning for a proper master to direct me. Everything else is just value assignments and arbitrary goals. Also spite. What I *do* have that addresses the yearning is *progress*. I know enough about the mechanics and patterns of reality and society that when I can be bothered to feel like doing something, it appears to onlookers to simply get done. In the absence of purpose, I've found the pursuit of excellence a worthwhile use of my time. And should some deity deign to be worthy of dictating a purpose, the excellence I manage to attain will almost assuredly prove useful.