The world as illusion and heritage
I will put this way
Books without reputation
Almost no one cares to read those books It's very reasonable Nothing to lament Likewise, Without reputation or some 'direct and immediately recognizable values', no one cares to know the person It's very reasonable Nothing to lament Something to lament is that Even if a great book without reputation is read by any chance, its true value would not be fully appreciated anyway Rather, it is likely to be easily ignored People's lack of ability to think for themselves That is something to lament
All the worries and dissatisfaction originate from
disharmony between subconsciousness and consciousness
Out-of-box thinking
and courage If only I had both...
Other people's opinion
Schopenhauer said, "A man of correct insight among those who are duped and deluded resembles one whose watch is right while all the clocks in the town give the wrong time. He alone knows the correct time, but of what use is this to him? The whole world is guided by the clocks that show the wrong time; even those are so guided who know that his watch alone states the correct time." Take time to savor the most important part: "But of what use is this to him?" "Even those are so guided who know that his watch alone states the correct time." The thing that only you validate (truth, your value, or whatever) is useful only to the extent of how much you play life as a single-player game
Even Arnold Schwarzenegger could not do 30 pull-ups straight
if he just finished his full-blown workout What if somebody who could do 30 pull-ups straight ridiculed him in this situation, without knowledge of the workout he just finished? Someone can't pull himself together properly because of so many bothering situational factors around him He has too many things to consider, too many things to deal with He is challenged in so many directions, mentally and physically Moreover, he has less time
High Dynamic Range
Life full of both highlights and shadows is more charming and we are more attracted to those lives
People call someone intellectual
when he explains (actually, 'justifies') what they want to believe, with seemingly plausible reasoning (or historical anecdotes, or sophisticated academic terminology), which they can't come up with on their own (Actually, they often don't understand the reasoning while admiring him and his explanation) That's why pessimistic views of world can't be ended just there, and must provide optimistic solutions, in order that those views can be widely accepted
After being freed from all the prejudices, lies and illusions,
this time I am left (challenged, attacked) with Nihilism and Absurdism And it reminds me of what Schopenhauer said: 'Life swings like a pendulum backward and forward between pain and boredom' ( But here I am not implying "pain : boredom = illusions : Absurdism" nor "pain : boredom = Absurdism : illusions" And these are two characteristically different pendulums ) Pendulum... Is there no escape? Are humans doomed to be locked in those pendulums? between pain and boredom and between illusions and Absurdism? (and maybe other pendulums?) Life is so harsh that even philosophical realization (enlightenment) doesn't simply lead to the salvation (haven) of a soul Like in a pendulum (mechanical energy remains constant), perhaps there may be neither better nor worse position
Everyone is in flight from himself
“We labour at our daily work more ardently and thoughtlessly than is necessary to sustain our life because it is even more necessary not to have leisure to stop and think. Haste is universal because everyone is in flight from himself.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche, Untimely Meditations