Well, the question I first want to ask regarding the question in this reply would be, were we ever servants to these so-called necessary institutions, or have we just been "acting" like a servant to satiate our own desires? To me, the only thing that we truly rely on, the only necessary institutions that we serve, are ourselves and our desires—and it has always been this way. Everything that a man relies on, it is for the sake of himself. If it wasn't, he would not be relying to begin with. After all, it is he who relies in that moment, not anyone else.gad-fly wrote: ↑July 1st, 2022, 3:45 pmTo remove it would leave an empty void which we have no hope of filling, as far as I can see. Who can help to play the replaced role, jointly or singly? I would appreciate reply in this respect.GrayArea wrote: ↑July 1st, 2022, 4:49 am
I suppose I can offer a small bit of idea to this discussion: God is dead only when we want him to be. We have control over our own thoughts. If God is "what ought to", then we still have the power to choose from "what ought to" or "what ought not to but what we still want". This whole process isn't what we "ought to do", it's what we "end up doing".
So in truth, we serve whatever we serve in order to ultimately serve ourselves. This is the true necessary institution, the only institution that is actually able to leave an empty void which we have no hope of filling, when it is gone. The only thing that we subconsciously and continuously serve just by existing.
It should bring us content that we always have something to serve for no matter what. Something to rely on. But if you want to commit to serving yourself even more by serving other things other than yourself (for the sake of yourself), then just remember that now they don't have to be absolute or necessary anymore (much like "God"). This is because the thing that's absolute and necessary is already being served by you.