Life isn't About Living the Longest With the Most Possessions, It's About Experiences and Having Stories to Tell.

Energy is as energy does.

Right, it's like that quote, something like "everyone dies twice. When they actually die and when the last person ever says their name."

If one voice saves a million people... do the math over the centuries...

We all matter, and we all make a difference and we can all be remembered.

Alone we are like a single computer, tablet or phone. We will eventually die and be replaced. But what we offer this world is like the software that powers all the future computers, tablets and phones. That never ends.

How many hours do you work to afford a backyard with a fire pit?

Without being a land holder I'm just a homless bum having another crack-pipe related propane fire while you are a bit of a corporate slave and have "family moments"

Do what thou wilt

I have relatively cheap rent for Upstate NY and my backyard fire pit is about three feet wide. No "family moments" for quite some time for me.

I have 3 sisters. We used to fight like cats and dogs when we were growing up.
My mom used to say, "someday your sisters will be your best friends." I would roll my eyes ( not where she could see me) and think "yeah right. When I'm 18 I'm outta here". LOLOLOLOL

Guess what? Who's my best friends now? You guessed it. My sister's.

Don't be so quick to discount what old folks tell you.

Lolol

I'm not into that Crowley crap. He was an old pervert that died and is remembered as an old pervert.

I don't think so. We are like ants. On a tiny speck of dust compared to the rest of the Universe.

Do you care about all the individual ants that existed? Why would anyone anywhere care about us? Billions of us will live and die, and it doesn't matter in the least. It's just our arrogance that makes us feel like we are special and that we aren't animals.

So why do we exist? Who knows, probably just because WE CAN. So here we are for maybe like 80 years out of billions. Big deal. So special.

I got a little fire pit thing from TS for $35. You can too.

But I am special. And not special ed either. Someone on GLP said so. So you KNOW it's true.

Infinity can neither be young nor old. So what seems to be the least significant can also be of the greatest importance.

In a weird way, yes, you are special, because even though there are billions of humans, each one has a unique experience and perspective.

I had that sticker as a kid in the 80's.

The only thing that would make your life special is an actual afterlife.

But when you really think about what an afterlife would really be like, especially if it lasted for "eternity," you start to realize that it's totally nonsensical.

Even if your consciousness or "soul" somehow did live on after death, you are most certainly no longer going to be John Smith the human, you will be some sort of light being in a DMT looking other dimension or something we can't even comprehend.

I'm sorry you are sad. Sometimes I am too. Hence the name sad pony.
Don't you have ANYTHING to live for? Someone to love, who loves you?
I have seen some sad things but those are overshadowed by the good things in life.

I'm not sad at all. Life is awesome and you've got to live it. I agree with that.

But everything I've said still holds true in my opinion.

The overall truth of our existence is sad I suppose, but life itself is great while experiencing it.

I do not enjoy traveling as much now getting older. Glad I did it in my younger years even though it was all on debt.

At that point why give a shit... you finally got your chance to get the hell out of here and either float around as particles in space or you won't be worrying about it. YOLO

"I can be in the scuba squad?"

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Energy never dies. It just transforms itself. It slows down, it speeds up. If you die with good energy, perhaps you'll pursue that energy onward in another form. If you die with bad energy, maybe you'll have to keep repeating life until you can transcend to a higher energy.

Well the point is that scenario is nonsense. Especially if you say it's for eternity.

Even the concept of existing for eternity is horrifying.

You're going to fly around as a ghost just thinking about things FOREVER? Doubt it.

Me too. But then I still think of places I want to see. Like the Grand Canyon and the Redwood Forest, Niagara falls, the Red Mile race course.
But how to do that and still sleep in my own bed at night.
Without private jet I don't think I can.

All I was saying is if it all does not make sense, and it does not matter in the end, then live life as if you are on a quest for a ring. Everyone has their own perspective, and the world is shitty, so make your own one time experience worth it.

Exactly, I totally agree. And for whatever weird reason I'm typing here about this stuff on a forum. I bet a lot of people would judge me for that and say "get a life." But what does it matter? If it's what I want to be doing right now then so be it.

My mother was a lifelong Catholic. She loved the church. But when my father and her split up (he left her) the church threw her out. I never forgot that. It affected her very deeply.

Years later when I was more grown up we had a discussion I never forgot.
Perhaps you do have to return to earth in a body? Perhaps your soul has lessons to learn till you get it right. She believed that somehow it a former life she had been wealthy and did not use the money right, so she said money eludes me in this life. We were very poor while I was growing up.
I knew we didn't have a lot but I didn't realize how poor we were till I grew up and saw how really hard it is to make it.

Looking back, I don't know how my mother did it without going crazy or killing us.
Perhaps you have to return for your soul to learn the lessons it needs to know to transend.

Great stories, though!

yep, I feel sad for those people who do the same ole same ole for their entire lives - living in the same house they were born in - many have never left the state they were born in - two week vacations don't count as an Adventure (unless it is kamping) - I've probably crammed three of the average life-time into one ... I was never motivated by money - yet I was able to retire with a nice home on an idealic little hobby farm -

I have a never ending line of memories - to share with the grandkids - that money can't buy or even duplicate

Hahahahaha

not sure about that

one of my coworkers used to say it's all about the experience

turns out he like to wear women's cloths and makeup

liked to date both men and women

not every experience is worth having

so choose your experiences wisely

like dating women with big American breasts :)

for the win

Hahahahaha