Short story: Existentialism, and Spiritualism
By emptychair
@innertalks (23741)
Australia
May 8, 2023 2:31am CST
The existentialist philosopher, Darlech Deutovski, was discussing his ideas with a good friend, who he liked to run his own ideas by, to see if they would stand up to his friend's more spiritualised approach to life.
He said that:
"Existentialism claims that meaning, or purpose in life, must come from out of each individual in that life."
"There is no greater purpose, or meaning, than that that we create for ourselves."
"Some people will fritter away the time in their lives, by idle amusement, in pastimes, that do not add to their understanding of life, but more cover it over with useless drivel."
"Real meaning can only be found in the depths of real loving which unearths the truths of God buried in that love to you, until you love meaningfully, from your heart, and not frivolously from your mind."
"Our purpose in life is to find perfection within that love, by our loving."
"Knowledge built on top of knowledge does not often add anything to real knowledge, but builds vanity in the one parading forth with such knowledge, but which is not being used usefully in their lives, at all."
"We only need to know necessary knowledge that will help us in our own life."
"Useful knowledge leads us to useful living, rather than just to idle curiosity-driven forms of amusement."
"What do you think?"
he asked his friend, Manram
Manram replied:
"'Better to know a few things which are good and necessary than many things which are useless and mediocre."'
"Ralph Waldo Emerson, (1803 to 1882) the renowned American Philosopher said this."
"When we live what we think is only a finite life, we will never be satisfied, because we are looking for an infinite answer in finiteness."
"We need to credit that existence is forever, infinite, and then we will know that as a finite part of this infiniticy, a part of us must be infinite too, our soul, our spark of the infiniteness, our God particle, connects us to God, the infiniteness behind what we see as finite, seen only as finite only because we are trying to time the infinite, finitely so."
"When we live our lives as a part of God, our life never ends, even after the death of our physical body here, we will go on living within God somewhere else then too."
They both knew then that they had said enough, and so they sat in their easy chairs for the next hour, or so, in quiet contemplation of what they had just discussed.
What had been planted in their minds then dropped into their hearts, and was harvested by the love there, instead of being more picked around by their minds, and so it then became wisdom, rather than just remaining as mere thoughts, as before.
They both knew when to talk, and when to not talk.
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@Jenaisle (16568)
• Philippines
8 May 23
I have read somewhere that a person must know when to talk and when not to talk. I also agree with the concept that we are all existing as part of God and that with Him we are infinite. That's a mind-boggling thought. This further reinforces my belief that the life within us is in the form of energy and since, energy could never be destroyed but only is converted to another form, it agrees with the concept that as part of God, we are infinite.
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@Jenaisle (16568)
• Philippines
8 May 23
@innertalks So wonderfully said. Yes, it seems my vision of this concept is becoming more clear.
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@innertalks (23741)
• Australia
8 May 23
@Jenaisle Thanks.
We can each help each other to clear up our thinking, and to realise better the truths of life too.
@innertalks (23741)
• Australia
8 May 23
Yes, well said.
To me, if I thought that my life was only a finite one, there would, and there could be, no meaning in that type of a life for me.
To think that I am a part of the infiniteness of God, and of all creation, gives me great satisfaction, and a real meaning to me too.
The energy of love can never be lost, or destroyed either.
Once given, that love remains given forever, and its benefits reach on infinitely so into the reaches of infinity too. God's love changes us all, as it enters, and lives within us.
Love's energy changes into life energy and so creates life.
@innertalks (23741)
• Australia
8 May 23
Yes, that might be so, up to a point, for most people.
Other people think, and feel, that they are being called by God, into their purpose, and life direction, by him.
A Priest is so called into the Priesthood, I am told, too.
@innertalks (23741)
• Australia
8 May 23
@Treborika Some are called into other professions like teaching too, I would say.
I had a friend who failed his high school exams, but he felt that he was being called to be a doctor.
He did his whole high school final year again, and this time he was accepted into the Doctor course, and he became a wonderful doctor after that.
@Shiva49 (28385)
• Singapore
8 May 23
There is an information explosion with each passing day but most of it is hardly relevant to our lives. They go in one ear and out the other.
I recall during my school days, I used to beat around the bush while answering questions in exams rather than get to the gist/core of what is expected. I realized only later that hitting the nail on its head finds its real effect.
I also believe we need to find the meaning of life by living it rather than reading them which becomes in effect a second-hand experience and also in effect superficial.
The spirit of inquiry with the right attitude keeps us alive every moment.
Yes, we are here for the long haul - better to piggyback ride on our creator in a way but pulling our weight too.
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@innertalks (23741)
• Australia
9 May 23
In my school days, I used to just give the answers without the workings, and my teacher didn't like that, as he thought that I had just guessed the right answer. I always gave too little information, and so they never knew for sure, if I had the knowledge in me, or not.
If God, is who we think that he is, he must suffer from a lot of information overload too, or perhaps he knows nothing as knowledge, but just knows truth, as it is needed at any time of the need.
@innertalks (23741)
• Australia
10 May 23
@Shiva49 Scientists do that, though. They speculate an answer, then try to prove it with theory.
I was not a scientist though, so it always upset my teachers. They thought l copied the answer from somewhere, or someone, without the workings.
I didn't want to waste my time over mere trappings though, and l seldom complied with their wants.
@Shiva49 (28385)
• Singapore
9 May 23
@innertalks Yes, explaining how we got the answer is the harder part than getting the answer right!
We can say in this context - Brilliant minds do not tolerate fools
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@arunima25 (93194)
• Bangalore, India
8 May 23
When to talk and when not to talk... that's an art and not everyone has that. We get into many unwanted situations in life because we lack in that art.
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@innertalks (23741)
• Australia
8 May 23
Yes, I have often said nothing, when perhaps, I should have spoken up and said something.
Sometimes, we say too much though, and so get ourselves into trouble, which silence might have prevented.
@innertalks (23741)
• Australia
11 May 23
@arunima25 Yes, silence is normally golden, but at times, we do need to break the silence, and speak up rightly too, instead of letting some concerns just pass us by.
@arunima25 (93194)
• Bangalore, India
11 May 23
@innertalks Yes. Very aptly said that Silence is Gold 
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