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Originally Posted by Trapped
If all our sorrows (our "momentary lightness of affliction") are supposed to evaporate in the light of eternity, then how does anyone manage to get excited about the positive stuff in life? If the negative, tears, pain, suffering is wiped away, the positive accomplishments, goals, aspirations, interests are too. How then, are we supposed to go through each day putting our energy into any of it?
As I write that I'm aware it sounds depressed. Not sure if I'm depressed or if I'm King Solomon (vanity of vanities, all is vanity, etc...).
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Hi Trapped, the way I see it is that positive energy gets transferred somewhere, no matter what, according to the laws of thermodynamics. For every smaile I bring in the world, every positive thing I do, it will get passed on to other fellow beings before I die. I will leave tbe world a better place than I was born in, or at least attempt to. I think you are experiencing an existential crisis of some sorts. Have you been to a therapist who does existential therapy? A book a colleague gave me, called Man’s Search for Meaning by Victor Frankyl, helped when I was at my lowest point in life. It’s about this guy who lost his entire family to the Holocaust and was the few survivors from Auswich, the most notrious gas chamber detainment camp for the Jews during the world war. It’s part memoir (about enjoying the little moments in life, finding meaning in the things that will not go away- his memories of his wife) and second half is his analysis of his life (he went on to be a well known psychotherapist.
I dont know whats making you so down and philisophical, if you want to share more details about your life, feel free to PM me and I can listen. Life is not meant to be lived without human contact (either physical emotional, companionship).- Best, Serenity