Living in the moment

• When I seriously think about my desired future self, life plans, and the basis for my actions, I tend to become distressed.

  • Ultimately, no matter how much I struggle, I always end up with the question of “What is the meaning of life?”

• As a way to confront this, I thought of the following:

  • Relativism→Falling into Nihilism and seeing the loss of guidance as negative.
  • Believing in the meaning of life without any basis.
    • Is this what Nietzsche talked about?
    • However, I want to avoid getting stuck in believing something once and being unable to break free from it.
    • In the uncertain world ahead, it is easy for something like “setting a goal and wholeheartedly embracing it, but then having the premise collapse” to occur.

• As a third approach, there seems to be a perspective on life like the following:

  • Having a foundation of an ephemeral view of life, but immersing oneself in a mode of believing in some goal as a whimsical moment.
  • Imagining putting on and taking off a VR headset called “the meaning of life and what to strive for.”
    • There are various VR headsets such as “conducting interesting research,” “making money,” “spending enriching time with people,” and “living a lifestyle like the mist of the world.” By wearing them, one can immerse oneself in those experiences.
    • However, keeping the option of taking off the VR headset in mind.
  • Benefits:
    • Most worries can be resolved by living in the moment.
      • When living with some purpose, events can become “bad events.”
        • For example, “not being able to submit an assignment by the deadline is bad because it will lower my GPA and cause trouble for graduate school entrance exams.”
      • However, if deep down you believe that those are goals you set for yourself, you won’t worry too much.
    • Avoiding a wasted life.
      • Even if you could fully embrace an ephemeral view of life, you would probably end up wasting your life.
    • Adding color and enjoyment to life.
      • Personally, I would choose a meaningful life over a meaningless one.

• This text may not be about my desires of “I want to be like this,” but rather a description of understanding the mechanism of “I think I will become like this.”

  • I generally think that I prefer a life with goals and meaning over a life without them.
  • I also accept relativism/the absolute meaninglessness of life.
  • With that in mind, I choose to immerse myself in some goal as an ephemeral judgment.

• Is this Thoughts on Emptiness? (blu3mo)

  • The philosophy of emptiness may be the basis of relativism.
  • With that said, I want to know what Buddhism has to say about it. (blu3mo)(blu3mo)(blu3mo)