2014 has been a rather interesting start for me....in an ever-so-changing/non-stop kind of way…I’m just trying to wrap my head around everything and put things into perspective. These quotes and thoughts came straight to mind. They are the writings of two authors that I admire. Trying to comprehend different concepts of life and discovering the meaning of life is almost unfeasible to completely understand. I do think the meaning of life is different for everyone and there is no definite right or wrong answer. However, if some things are explained in a different way that gets me thinking —it helps just a little.
“The first view is that nothing stays the same and that nothing is inherently connected and that the only driving force in anyone’s life is entropy. The second is that everything pretty much stays the same (more or less) and that everything is completely connected, even if we don’t realize it.”
"In and of itself, nothing really matters. What matters is that nothing is ever “in and of itself.” - Chuck Klosterman
When we see clearly the emptiness and meaninglessness and insignificance of everything, including our own life, after passing through the “emptiness of emptiness” there comes a light heart, which contains both a smile and a tear.The smile comes precisely from the seeing that nothing matters. Isn’t that strange? If nothing matters, we’re free not to take it all so seriously. It’s not serious at all, none of it. Not one bit.Yet at the same time there’s a tear, a tear of compassion for this precious world and its suffering. The pain that we sometimes feel in life is not illusory; it hurts. And the laws of physics and biochemistry, etc. are not suspended just because we realize something.So nothing changes at all. And yet everything changes, because we see that the very preciousness of life arises from its essential emptiness. The grateful heart arises precisely from the recognition of life’s ephemeral, fleeting, meaningless quality. - Jim Sloman
all my love and thoughts of you who were taken from us too soon
NS, AJYS, KB, MK, HW, RV, i love you.
“The first view is that nothing stays the same and that nothing is inherently connected and that the only driving force in anyone’s life is entropy. The second is that everything pretty much stays the same (more or less) and that everything is completely connected, even if we don’t realize it.”
"In and of itself, nothing really matters. What matters is that nothing is ever “in and of itself.” - Chuck Klosterman
When we see clearly the emptiness and meaninglessness and insignificance of everything, including our own life, after passing through the “emptiness of emptiness” there comes a light heart, which contains both a smile and a tear.The smile comes precisely from the seeing that nothing matters. Isn’t that strange? If nothing matters, we’re free not to take it all so seriously. It’s not serious at all, none of it. Not one bit.Yet at the same time there’s a tear, a tear of compassion for this precious world and its suffering. The pain that we sometimes feel in life is not illusory; it hurts. And the laws of physics and biochemistry, etc. are not suspended just because we realize something.So nothing changes at all. And yet everything changes, because we see that the very preciousness of life arises from its essential emptiness. The grateful heart arises precisely from the recognition of life’s ephemeral, fleeting, meaningless quality. - Jim Sloman
all my love and thoughts of you who were taken from us too soon
NS, AJYS, KB, MK, HW, RV, i love you.
