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I know this question sounds very vague, but I couldn’t help but ponder on the question for the past month or so. My views have fallen into being more pessimistic, and my mundane life only fuels my outlook further. A quote from Schopenhauer sums it up best:
A lot of people on these spaces can probably relate to this. We are biologically programmed to seek out a mate, yet the desire can never be fulfilled for some of us. And even when it is fulfilled, we begin to desire something else. It’s an infinite pursuit of desire that can never be fulfilled.
Now the solution could be to simply lessen your desires, expect less from life. But that makes it all the more crappier. If your desires in life can never be met, and in return you feel hopelessness or defeat, is it better to have never existed/cease to exist?
Desire is the cause of suffering; as soon as we attain one goal, another desire springs up, and we are condemned to an infinite pursuit.
A lot of people on these spaces can probably relate to this. We are biologically programmed to seek out a mate, yet the desire can never be fulfilled for some of us. And even when it is fulfilled, we begin to desire something else. It’s an infinite pursuit of desire that can never be fulfilled.
Now the solution could be to simply lessen your desires, expect less from life. But that makes it all the more crappier. If your desires in life can never be met, and in return you feel hopelessness or defeat, is it better to have never existed/cease to exist?