X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,7db08fd295aa284b X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public From: Subject: Re:what is the meaning of life? Date: 1996/10/18 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 190351425 references: <32659654.189E@texoma.com> to: Stephen Finton or Anthony Mabes content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII organization: Grand Valley State University mime-version: 1.0 newsgroups: alt.ascii-art There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizzare and inexplicable. There is another that states that this had already happened. On Wed, 16 Oct 1996, Stephen Finton or Anthony Mabes wrote: > Without a "life" to experience life, there is no meaning. Trying to > find out "The Meaning of Life" is like trying to pick yourself up. Life > cannot tell what it is because "explaination" itself only exists as a > product of life. And because we have nothing to compare it to, whether > it be the ramblings of our own minds or that of another, we cannot > describe it using its own tools. We label things to form a "grasp" on > reality but once we realize this, we find that we even made up the very > "cliff" we cling to. So if we are clinging to a cliff we made, then we > are still falling. To fall is to live. To hit bottom is to die. So, > to unfortunately coin a phrase, "Life is what you make it." Anyone who > does not want to realize that they are in total control is afraid of > losing their control or "grip". I guess it's just important to get used > to falling. PEACE. > > P.S. My philosophy is true to my thoughts. As I can never lie to > myself, I can never feel as deeply as I do about the things that I share > with others. Be you stranger or friend. STEPHEN FINTON Igor@texoma.com > >