Re: Belief in Existentialism
thanks everybody. Words, Farwah, alysam, portal, kaleem, & sindsagar.
i'm so happy, that we sustain this chain of rich and diverse sharing of perspectives on novel but really, very common trails of knowing and thinking.u are all so intellectually like minded & supportive, able to understand our comprehensions as best as we can think about them, given the fixed limitations of the universe, & of our personal situations in this world.
this is in part, meta-cognition - knowing of the knowing, & Farwah's point of nizam-e-khalq is true of course, since religion gives meaning to life, and a principle to follow.
i think that we are God’s creatures of life & death cycles, if u will. and these cycles do have good and bad in them, and we are equipped psychologically to stay on the good side, but we are also susceptible to the tendency of faltering & that trial and error or tragedy of errors makes us, wise or worse off. it is a constant struggle & those who are strong & sure-footed win, & those we are not, they become prey to ill-fate in this world and in the after-life.
the potion of prayer, logic, reasoning, humanity, practicality, balance & good will is indeed a pre req to making this cycle work, without diabolical self destructive nature to play its numbers on us.
as humans, we are still, limited in our capacities, but what we have, we must make the best use of it.
world is built on hope, i’ve heard countless times, so, i feel that it must mean something persuasive enough to motivate each & every body for doing the best they can and leave the rest to our Maker. collective good or bad does happen & that is why a family and a community oriented mindset is so important rather than a secular, individualistic self-absorbed notion of selfish gratifications.
existentialist therapy also says the same - the client needs to make sense of her/his own life situation & with the therapist, come up with some concrete plan of smaller steps which will help construct the meaning of life, for the client to operate by. it’s up to the client, depending on whatever good s/he has impressions from, are utilized to form that meaning. some people are religious, others are ‘areligious‘, some are moral, some ‘amoral‘, & the life experiences and the factors from the environment has a lot to do with it.
some have inner good, others are miserable, some are strong willed, others, confused or easily coerced. & so yes, there is Random but precalculated justice in this life that no one can escape.
what we can do, is that we can make a difference in our lives, by getting our own life’s philosophy in order, then see how it works, if it works, then be open to share it with those who would like to benefit from our life lessons. we can do this through our professions, through our family life, through our conduct with a total stranger, through our connection with the rest of the Nature - our home, this world, & our Maker.
also, there should be more female philosophers. :>
hope this makes sense.
Thanks, far far from an angel! i truly believe it was my prayer and i was fairly young so i guess God listened. but now i only hope that God gives me the wisdom to stay on the right path and the strength and discipline to follow through. Not to mention the questions you pose, like i said… I can totally relate.