The fundamental tragedy of life

本帖於 2025-02-11 06:02:05 時間, 由普通用戶 蔣聞銘 編輯

The fundamental tragedy of life

Here is the fundamental tragedy of life. We are brought into existence, and the desire to continue to exist is an intrinsic property that is hard wired by natural design in each individual: we desire and  struggle for our existence and we fear and fight death. However, it is also a hard fact that, as time goes, individual physical body will inevitably move away from the pre-assumed equilibrium state, and cease to exist. We might, through our struggle, to somewhat prolong our existence, but physically, and mentally as a consequence, we will all decompose therefore cease to exist in the long run.

To make it worse, the occurrence of a threatening physical condition is conveyed to the individual mind by a design through negatives (suffering). We could find ways to avoid short term shifting away from that equilibrium state, therefore to reduce the need of a frequent unpleasant reminder of bad physical situations (this is to say, to reduce the human suffering),but human suffering as the default design for the purpose of stimulating actions for individual physical preservation is intrinsic and can only be reduced to certain degree.

Within this fundamental tragedy, there is also a fundamental justice and fairness of life: whatever in store for an individual, he/she only have this much to enjoy, this much to suffer, and this much to experience. At the end, we are all dead in less than, say at the moment, one hundred years of time.

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Morning! Interesting &good writing. Is it part of a book of -最西邊的島上- 給 最西邊的島上 發送悄悄話 最西邊的島上 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 02/11/2025 postreply 07:20:40

Urs? My take of life: I don’t know. I don’t know where I’m -最西邊的島上- 給 最西邊的島上 發送悄悄話 最西邊的島上 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 02/11/2025 postreply 07:24:09

from, Y do I exist;-) But I must b here 4 a reason! Have U -最西邊的島上- 給 最西邊的島上 發送悄悄話 最西邊的島上 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 02/11/2025 postreply 07:28:30

read “The Importance of living” by 林語堂? I like it veryMuch! -最西邊的島上- 給 最西邊的島上 發送悄悄話 最西邊的島上 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 02/11/2025 postreply 07:31:35

是從我前麵說的那篇長文裏來的。我三年以前,都是用英文寫文章。:) -蔣聞銘- 給 蔣聞銘 發送悄悄話 蔣聞銘 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 02/11/2025 postreply 07:37:47

好思維,但覺得有點兒悲觀了。不管怎樣,覺得生活樂趣應在平常小事之中,這樣才能找到存在意義,天天有幽默,日日有笑聲。 -最西邊的島上- 給 最西邊的島上 發送悄悄話 最西邊的島上 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 02/11/2025 postreply 07:53:02

不悲觀,比Buda強多了。:) -蔣聞銘- 給 蔣聞銘 發送悄悄話 蔣聞銘 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 02/11/2025 postreply 08:29:26

cuz Gautama Buddha不是在生活,是在修煉,他從suffering裏尋找生活的真諦。然後把真諦傳授給常人, -最西邊的島上- 給 最西邊的島上 發送悄悄話 最西邊的島上 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 02/11/2025 postreply 08:38:31

so we don’t need to suffer as he did. sigh … -最西邊的島上- 給 最西邊的島上 發送悄悄話 最西邊的島上 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 02/11/2025 postreply 08:39:39

You think too much, man -永遠老李- 給 永遠老李 發送悄悄話 (117 bytes) () 02/11/2025 postreply 07:26:04

李兄早。but can’t agree;-) other than b moreHappy&Thankful :-) -最西邊的島上- 給 最西邊的島上 發送悄悄話 最西邊的島上 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 02/11/2025 postreply 07:33:51

交作業:A graceful death is less attractive than shamefully -蔣聞銘- 給 蔣聞銘 發送悄悄話 蔣聞銘 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 02/11/2025 postreply 07:39:53

staying alive. :) -蔣聞銘- 給 蔣聞銘 發送悄悄話 蔣聞銘 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 02/11/2025 postreply 07:40:54

So what you gonna do about it? :-) -7grizzly- 給 7grizzly 發送悄悄話 7grizzly 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 02/11/2025 postreply 08:56:50

能活得通透一些吧。特別是麵對災難困苦的時候,能想得開一些。 -蔣聞銘- 給 蔣聞銘 發送悄悄話 蔣聞銘 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 02/11/2025 postreply 09:00:44

An effective way to avoid depression is -蔣聞銘- 給 蔣聞銘 發送悄悄話 蔣聞銘 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 02/11/2025 postreply 09:01:50

to think of the Universe.:) -蔣聞銘- 給 蔣聞銘 發送悄悄話 蔣聞銘 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 02/11/2025 postreply 09:02:54

That's good. I tried but could never get depressed as I ran, -7grizzly- 給 7grizzly 發送悄悄話 7grizzly 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 02/11/2025 postreply 09:04:59

say a few miles. -7grizzly- 給 7grizzly 發送悄悄話 7grizzly 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 02/11/2025 postreply 09:06:22

That is another way. :) Good for you. -蔣聞銘- 給 蔣聞銘 發送悄悄話 蔣聞銘 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 02/11/2025 postreply 09:10:58

U r a deepThinker! 4Me, it’s reading&drawing&gardening :-) -最西邊的島上- 給 最西邊的島上 發送悄悄話 最西邊的島上 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 02/11/2025 postreply 09:35:11

命運無常,這就是斯圖克主義的由來了。堅持自我不認命。 -蔣聞銘- 給 蔣聞銘 發送悄悄話 蔣聞銘 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 02/11/2025 postreply 09:46:30

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