Tag: existential crisis
Observations
How does life happen? This is the question of the observer. After the journey of the seeker who longed to know the source of all things, Being sits down in the midst of everything and observes. It seems passive. Nothing seems to be happening. The Being is not doing. What are you observing exactly? The…
Philosophical value
I am tempted to titled this as On romanticising philosophy for the idea came from this notion of the apparent ‘uses’ or ‘values’ of philosophy. Now I do not intend to defend my love for philosophy, and it may perhaps be due my own experience in coming into philosophy that I found absolutely nothing wrong…
“What makes life worth living?”
At the root of many moral and ethical enquiries is the question “What makes life worth living?” The question comes in various forms, such as “What does it mean to live a good life?” or “How can one be a good person?” In the end, if it equates something good with something worthwhile, then the…
Why not?
Why do anything? Answers to this question come in a range of qualifications that some may categorise similar to how ‘basic human needs’ have been categorised. Perhaps one does something to get sustenance, or to connect socially, to feel safe, to feel fulfilled, etc. Yet some circumstances may elicit a null answer: I do not…
Purpose
Why do we do the things that we do? The world we live in is likely perceived to be a structured, rational one. It asks for reasons all the time. The need to give justification for something that one does or is happening seems almost intuitive that is difficult to say if it is indeed…
Framework of reference
There is an idea that knowledge and/or wisdom can be simplified into particular cognitive ‘building blocks’ put together to form (or re-form) a machine-like organ (the brain/mind or the human being itself); through this machine-like thing comes output and that the quality (or quantity) of this output is what determines the value (success/effectiveness/goodness/etc.) of the…
live like
each day is marked by a mirror to follow, in hopes of being followed though not in the way transcendent do stay still behind the glass one simply longs for a shadow to look towards the past few generations have had their chances they looked at the sun and burned; they are blinded we long…
warm coffee
hot music of the city traffic tiny plants in a suburban retreat crackling wood in lavender breeze the tropics know ice, they worship winter they eat their rice not knowing where it came from somehow one of those trucks has it not some strange concoction, but sustenance somehow one of these places has it not…
“When was the last time you did something new?”
Such a question rightfully invites a quick reflection on what possibilities lie outside of one’s usual. One does something new by going to a new place or doing a new thing—something unknown and extraordinary. Novelty is a panacea, almost miraculous, really. Yet if one tries to ask what exactly it is trying to cure, an…
What does it take for one to live a good life?
What does it take for one to live a good life? I think I remember writing an essay with a similar title some time ago, around when I was working on the first module of my Advanced Reflexive Metaphysics course. Do I even remember my answer back then? I wonder how much has changed. Maybe…