I've been studying existentialism and philosophical nihilism for nearly eight years. I'd love to hear your opinion on existence and why you're stoic
j/k...
i dunno what to say about existence. my experiences have taught me there's lots we don't know.
example 1
You ever heard of the "speed of life" it's the idea that life is really a lot slower than we experience is- that is to say when we are our most alive our brains process must faster and thus we see, feel, hear in greater definition to the point that things are perceived to be happening a lot slower.
truly, i wish i had definitive answers on our existence.
experiences full consciousness, yet seeing my past thoughts and experiences in high definition right before my eyes makes me wonder about truly how incredible the human mind is and how underutilized it is.
I feel like if we had complete mastery of our strongest organ (brain) we would have greater insights into our spirituality and where it comes from.
Maybe before all this technology we were more in tune with our various abilities to perceive, experience, interpret existence in it's truest form...
Maybe god/the spiritual realm/ are just in different dimensions (or maybe even distances) we've since lost the ability to consciously interact with...
The egyptian had gliders, they were flying 1000s of years ago. The pyramids had crystals atop of them with a clear channel down to the depths of the pyramid which had another crystal to reflect light back up and down again (a fukking laser). there's plenty hidden from us on how advanced we truly were 1000s of years ago.
The Doogon people saw into distant galaxies beyond our solar system without any known telescopes for that period. Who is to say we descendants of those people aren't born with an ability to see beyond our current perceived limitations?
Perhaps they were astral projecting?
who knows....i know i'm all over the place but forgive me. Point is I know there's a greater power I don't think it's some guy in the sky worried about our trivial pursuits though.
as for my stoic nature...
It helps me be more present in life.
let me explain.
I find that when i walk around people feeling things (happiness, sadness, etc) I am less present. I am more self-involved when feeling. When i'm stoic i can better observe my surroundings.
I see more, experience more of life as it's happening around me. You become somewhat of a "watcher" if you get my meaning.
You quickly come to the realization that this experience is trivial without deeper connections than the ones we typically make in our societies. and even with our deepest connections they too are self-serving more often than not. this leads me to believe life IS and nothing more until we allow it to become what it once was stripped of the superficiality, we might once again fly, and talk to God, visit with the departed, end our journeys on this plane with a smile knowing our spiritual being goes on until our maker calls for it to cease existing as it is only to be transmuted into another form of energy.