If death is nothingness, than what is the point of life?

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Say there is no afterlife or reincarnation of some kind, but absolute nothingness.

So that's it? We exist and than we disappear? Or we existed all along and just go to this phase of whatever you call it limbo until we pop again?

Or there is more to it than we can ever comprehend?

And if we came from the big bang we always existed in a sense just in protons, neutrons and electrons.

Love to hear your thought, thanks.
 
Say there is no afterlife or reincarnation of some kind, but absolute nothingness.

So that's it? We exist and than we disappear? Or we existed all along and just go to this phase of whatever you call it limbo until we pop again?

Or there is more to it than we can ever comprehend?

And if we came from the big bang we always existed in a sense just in protons, neutrons and electrons.

Love to hear your thought, thanks.

Does it really matter it's all just a simulation?
 
Say there is no afterlife or reincarnation of some kind, but absolute nothingness.

So that's it? We exist and than we disappear? Or we existed all along and just go to this phase of whatever you call it limbo until we pop again?

Or there is more to it than we can ever comprehend?

And if we came from the big bang we always existed in a sense just in protons, neutrons and electrons.

Love to hear your thought, thanks.
Point is whatever you make it.

Also, what's his name wrote a novel "the unbearable lightness of being" regarding how much of a burden it is to have a life with nothing after. Then he wrote a second book that he wished could've had that title.

You might like it in relation to your question.
 
Point is whatever you make it.

Also, what's his name wrote a novel "the unbearable lightness of being" regarding how much of a burden it is to have a life with nothing after. Then he wrote a second book that he wished could've had that title.

You might like it in relation to your question.

Thank you for the suggestions.
 
I remember reading how Thomas Edison was once asked by an old lady "Mr Edison, what's this electricity thing?". "Electricity it is, madam. Use it", he answered. That's probably the most rational way to look at this life we're living. Live it the best you can. I'm truly convinced there's much more and we probably can't even comprehend what this whole "reality" is. But as long as we're here, believing there is a reason for it is nice.
 
I remember reading how Thomas Edison was once asked by an old lady "Mr Edison, what's this electricity thing?". "Electricity it is, madam. Use it", he answered. That's probably the most rational way to look at this life we're living. Live it the best you can. I'm truly convinced there's much more and we probably can't even comprehend what this whole "reality" is. But as long as we're here, believing there is a reason for it is nice.

Thank you for that, that's well said.
 
I think we die and transfer to another reality like electrons that disappears and reappears.
Say there is no afterlife or reincarnation of some kind, but absolute nothingness.

So that's it? We exist and than we disappear? Or we existed all along and just go to this phase of whatever you call it limbo until we pop again?

Or there is more to it than we can ever comprehend?

And if we came from the big bang we always existed in a sense just in protons, neutrons and electrons.

Love to hear your thought, thanks.
How can we exist when our eyes don't even exist
 
We exist and than we disappear?
That's about it. We're a biological effect of the natural conditions that exist in this small part of the universe. Since we're smarter than the regular bacteria, we need to create stories that are self-serving in order to go through life with not that much screaming, and also for avoiding endless depravity. In that lie all the religions, all the scientism, all the explanations.
 
...then life is everything.

Is the finish to your subject line by definition.

If death is nothing, than life is everything, and the point.
 
The evolution of our brain has put us at a crux of existential absurdism. Still not having the slightest fucking idea why any of this is taking place. But of course our perfect brains have provided the two most logical options of "created" vs "accidental" and decided to decapitate each other over such ideas for thousands of years.

We left the natural order (naturally I might add) and have had to supplant inherent purpose with created purpose. Nipping survival in the bud has allowed us to dream up whatever the fuck we want to bide our time.

Revel in your own miraculousness and make sure to write stories about it!! ;)

Also, life can't exist without death. The two concepts require each other to exist in reality. The inherent duality of everything we engage in has been well understood and documented. What it is, and what it means? Still don't have a clue...
 
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have you ever seen a sand mandala?
a complex beautiful work of art made meticulously by hand
created lovingly by hard working monks for months at a time just to be wiped clean then made again
each one is unique and special them getting wiped out doesn't erase their importance and each time they make another they get more tricks and experience and can pass on the lessons to younger monks who do the same again and again
 
Every time you fall asleep you die. Someone else wakes up in your body thinking they are you. You are alone and trapped in your own mind. The world around you is your lie. Soon you will be nothing. You will never again hear sounds, never again see colors, never again be anyone.
 
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