io_aenaria: okay, I love this quote of Entil's:
io_aenaria: I accept that I am on a journey, but I also believe that the journey is the point of the exercise. Has anyone really found an answer that cannot be contradicted by another point of view?
damnyellowcap: i KNOW.
damnyellowcap: this is why he's my hero.
damnyellowcap: hehehe
io_aenaria: that's exactly it. It's not the end result, but what happens on your way to discovering it.
damnyellowcap: I am a student of Entilism! XD
io_aenaria: Personally, I don't think i'm ever going to reach that end result, you know? but I will forever be journeying and learning and learning about myself, and that's what matters more than anything else....HEE! :D
damnyellowcap: in a way... i kinda don't want to reach the end, you know?
io_aenaria: exactly. although, really, how can you reach the end in an ever-evolving and ever changing world?
damnyellowcap: and who's to say that the end is in a place where humanity can achieve it? if string theory and higher physics is right, then there could be 10 dimensions, and as humans we just can't transcend the 3rd
io_aenaria: and even if we break through into the fourth, fifth, sixth, beyond...who knows what we'll discover...even when we have the answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything, we never figured out the question, so do we really have all of the answers? No, we still have to keep exploring and keep learning. That's the point of life, to grow, to better oneself (I think, if I remember correctly, some eastern religions liked this idea too)--and to keep learning.
damnyellowcap: yup, that seems to be the basic principle of reincarnation, going through many many lives, until one can achieve nirvana. I like Hinduism's macro-reincarnation, where in the whole universe will eventually die and be reborn *g*
io_aenaria: I think Hitchhiker's nailed that last one too ;-)
io_aenaria: Which quote was it....aw, it should be at the bottom of that last e-mail I sent you. ;-) I am a full believer in reincarnation. Maybe it's the perpetual student in me, I dunno, but it just makes sense
damnyellowcap: i think the whole 42 being the answer but what was the question is one of the greatest philosophical things in the world :D
io_aenaria: isn't it? :D Adams knew what he was talking about. You need both parts to really answer everything, but it;s inevitable we're never going to get it (ineffible, maybe *g*). And if we do..."There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for, and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened."
damnyellowcap: lovely
io_aenaria: you know, I'm glad we can agree on that. :D It's not about the answer, it's about the journey, and you need to take the right path for yourself to get there. Woot. ;-)
damnyellowcap: so very much
io_aenaria: yay for us!
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I heard that same sentence today... somewhere. Argh, I hate when that happens.
I, for one, like to come to some answers at some point. About... something at least. Otherwise what's the point of spinning around in circles for a lifetime?
:::shrug:::
There was something I heard in a class once. I think the statement was by Socrates: "The wisest man knows he knows nothing." But I never thought that it was saying that nothing can really be known. I always took it to mean that nothing is definite, and everything is through the eyes of the beholder. If you think that there is an ultimate answer in this life, and that works for you, awesome. If it makes you happy and makes you feel like your life is good, go for it! :D
I'm a perpetual student though, whether it be in a college class or not. I'd rather journey, see what's out there and see what I can discover and learn. I know that I'll never know everything, and that it may take me more than one lifetime to even get a small portion of those journeys covered. But no matter what, believing this makes me feel like my life makes sense. And that works perfectly for me. ;)