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What should people be SERIOUS about?

Everything
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Not a thing
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Most things
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Very Few things
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I seriously don't know
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Sillysimon
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Enjoying Life is an ART

Post by Sillysimon »

hi,

please take this topic as you wish, depending on your current mood.

ok.


some say everything is an art. clearly they are not being serious. think of dog poo.

some say only certain things are an art. think of love.

lets talk about enjoying, particularly ENJOYING LIFE.

you all me by now, and as you know im mostly silly.

being serious is only for a very few serious points in life, points which set its direction, for example, selecting for yourself the right woman, or Mr Right for the journey; and, also setting the goal journey - its destination.

what else would you say ought to be on THE SERIOUS LIST, in order make sure that this art remain an art.

kindly give your opinions, and cast a vote.

thanks in advance.

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Post by Meleagar »

People should be serious about things they enjoy being serious about.
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Post by NameRemoved »

dog poop is art for other dogs they just love to examine it and sniff it.. :lol:

Ideally many things should not be taken seriously. Practically everything is taken seriously. The art part is in between :wink:
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Post by Sillysimon »

Lets leave the dogs to enjoy dogs. Its a dog's life for them.

So, what do you guys think SHOULD be taken seriously for us humans?
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Post by Apeman »

If by "serious" we are meant to consider those things that are most vital, enabling and fulfilling in regards to an individual's sustenance, survival, progress and development - if we are meant to consider that it would be a serious matter to participate well enough amongst our protecting (though quite sapping) masses, systems, laws and subcultures to afford for ourselves some asides...some episodes of confrontation that exclude the serving of ANY function but for the vigorous mix of one's atom-less consciousness with some earthly matter. But there one must be sure one's used and abused creative impulse has something left for this bout. Because if you perform well here, quite to YOURSELF as the only audience, you might exit the cycle of mere survival for a spell, you might win some better questions and lose some of those same-ol' answers.

That, I suppose, is the thing to be taken most seriously. And all the other stuff, the greater part of existing, where the foraging and shelter gets tended-to alongside those embattled busybodies, who are ever at once fun and dangerous, only requires the "less serious" attention of following the function (as you plot your next detaching).
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Post by Stirling »

What should be taken seriously is what is necessary to continue existing. Unless, of course, one cares about the quality of his existence, and not just that he exists. Then, I would suggest that what is important isn't just his preservation, but the politics that goes along with it. Everythin else is a matter of comedy.
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Post by reflected_light »

Taking one's own existence seriously is folly. Survival comes naturally, like breathing, most do not need to be too serious about survival to survive.
Be serious about the problems of the world that would lead to the destruction of your ideals, assuming that your ideals are based on morality.
Be serious about bringing about the change that you would like to see, be serious about acting accordingly to your personal beliefs, be serious about being courageous in your daily life and be serious about finding the humour in all of your troubles as well as pleasures.

If one takes his or her own survival too seriously, then they will bear the fear of death and may never achieve what they are capable of.
Some of the greatest people were not scared of death, they would rather die a virtuous person than to live in a state of self-treason.
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The "greatness" of a person is not assessed by their virtue, morality nor their deeds or accomplishments among women or men; the greatness is to be found in an individuals crumbs, the tidbits of their own acquired pertinence, the trail of solitary escapades and adventures...all left-about as spill-over, never intended for anyone to have ever found, studied or considered. So the very thing (the only thing) that could ever enable human progress MUST quite come from a place where the progress of humanity was never a concern (thoughts and intentions connected deliberately to human progress, as mentioned up there, are simply tied to the instinctual mundane of surviving...and anyone can do that).
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Post by rayback »

Good topic Simon.

I take God very seriously.

Because if God exists, then after my death, I will be facing him.

No one can escape death. Its coming to all of us.

Maybe by creating death is God's way of hinting to us to think about the significance or insignificane of our short life here on earth.

I cannot ignore God any more than I can ignore death.

Therefore, death forces me to take very seriously God and the possiblity of his existence.

Top Scientists like Pascal do the same.


They bet that God does exist.

They do not want to land in trouble by
being charged with the crime of "wasting their lives for nothing", or for living for "selfish persuits".

That is why these Scientists live their life out for God's pleasure, hoping that he would look after them on the other side.

God and life after death is a serious matter for these Scientists.

For example, read "The Pensees" written by top Physicist and the greatest Mathematician. He describes how seriously he takes death and existence of a Supreme Being.

I believe in God and believe Quran is His book that He sent down to all of us.


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Post by Apeman »

Damned Rayback, you make me feel like I'm back in church getting scared into believing (fire and brimstone). Death is certainly a matter to be endlessly considered...but fear is not allowed to participate in this thinking. Anxiety, confusion and bafflement...yes, fear, no. Gotta dig deeper. Use the fear correctly (in the face of lions, murderous hordes and hurricanes).
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Post by reflected_light »

I understand what you are saying Ray, death, no matter how lightly we may take it, is indeed a serious issue.
Not only if there is an afterlife, but also if there isn't.
The post is fine, but the topic didn't ask what book you believe God sent down, that is your business, not ours.
You are inviting an argument into this thread and we have enough of that around already.
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Post by rayback »

My apologies.

Yes, you are right. I was off topic there.
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