Why live life?

Why is it that we feel obligated to stay when we never asked to be here in the first place. It's like that song Hotel California. I'm curious as to what the big picture of all of this is. To eat, to drink, to sleep, to love, to play. Great things, but I feel underneath all of those things, they are only a superficiality to something much more deep, and profound and sinister. I feel like everyone other than me is looking at the lemon, and I have taken a cleaver and cut it in half and am looking at the parts, bewildered that the lemon is in fact so complicated that I cannot comprehend it or its origin. I can't put the lemon back together and pretend I didn't see what I've in fact seen, I've already been corrupted by it. Now all I can do is question the lemon, without answers, it is hopeless.

The lemon will not give you answers. Bother not with questioning the lemon. When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

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A man cannot choose to live, life precedes any choice. The only choice man has is to continue on living or to die. Choice is a moral action, it is always between greater or lesser value or between value and non-value. Man's life qua rational being is a source of all values. If one wishes to sacrifice all his values to death, such a choice would be deeply immoral.

I read this and thought about it for a bit and really considered what you stated here. "If one wishes to sacrifice all his values to death, such a choice would be deeply immoral'. I have a problem accepting this philosophy. Who are we to assume to know what they have deemed as valuable? We are the judge and jury within our selves and this court is held in privacy. What one deems as an act of valor may be immoral in the eyes of another but completely without a doubt worthy of such a sacrifice. The fact that you express this tells me that you personally deem this life experience worthy to be had and I am not judging that one way or the other I too deem my life as precious however, would I give up my life for my child? If you believe in Jesus would that mean Jesus made an immoral decision since the claim is that he sacrificed himself for you me and the rest of the souls? This is a very deep subject and truly worth a look at. Why live life?

Why is it that we feel obligated to stay when we never asked to be here in the first place. It's like that song Hotel California. I'm curious as to what the big picture of all of this is. To eat, to drink, to sleep, to love, to play. Great things, but I feel underneath all of those things, they are only a superficiality to something much more deep, and profound and sinister. I feel like everyone other than me is looking at the lemon, and I have taken a cleaver and cut it in half and am looking at the parts, bewildered that the lemon is in fact so complicated that I cannot comprehend it or its origin. I can't put the lemon back together and pretend I didn't see what I've in fact seen, I've already been corrupted by it. Now all I can do is question the lemon, without answers, it is hopeless.

You know, I think we've all, well most of us ( ignorance is a bliss indeed) been asking that question as well. I've been asking that because of personal tragedy that I still try to comprehend. The big question is "why" the big answer is " we don't know". Is it hopeless? I don't think so, personally I take life as a challenge and see what I can overcome and what I can learn from it, I still don't get why I need to learn from it..but what do I have to lose?

-- Updated July 9th, 2012, 12:16 am to add the following --

All that to say just live it and see where it can get you? If nowhere, oh well- you did your best, if somewhere- good for you.

-- Updated July 9th, 2012, 12:28 am to add the following --

As usual, I have to add something hehe, Liz Taylor tweeted something like "You are who you are, all you can do in this world is just be yourself and better yourself and those around you " I really like what she said.

I live life because I do not know what death is.

To eat, to drink, to sleep, to love, to play. Great things, but I feel underneath all of those things, they are only a superficiality to something much more deep, and profound and sinister.

Just sayin... could be you know.

I see this question coming up often.

I would ask you why not live life?

I can understand if you have terminal and painful cancer or something similar that you would have a compelling argument to check out. But for the rest of us pizza tastes good, sex feels good, kids bring us joy... mostly, and politics are fun to argue.

I do actually understand your question fundamentally and we all seek the answer. But both Buddha and I would recommend you don't forget to enjoy what is in front of you while you look for the deepest darkest mysteries. Because ironically you will find when it is over that it all comes back to the experience you had while you were here.

-- Updated August 1st, 2012, 12:24 am to add the following --

Just sayin... could be you know.

I lol'ed good alternative point.