How do you approach life from a philosophical perspective? How do you handle yourself and what do you expect from others? What's something that you have thought of lately?

I'd like to start by sharing something that has been bugging me out recently. I believe that all life is influenced by an invisible thread of destiny, a predetermined path for every little thing that happens. For instance, imagine hitting your toe one day. You might reason the cause so as not to do it again in the future.

Let's take this a step further and consider a hypothetical moment X where we expect you'll inevitably hit your toe once more. However, when that time comes, you refrain from doing so because you've learned to be cautious about it.

But just then, you hit your elbow and you feel the pain cursing through your body. We are left to assume that destiny is a fluid concept, rather than a rigid, fixed one. Either way, you can never fight against it.

Once you live with this theory in mind, what impact do you think it will have on how you perceive pain and suffering? Will you subconsciously fight against it? And finally, what does it say about free will?

I believe that even if everything was predetermined, you would have no way of knowing what happens next, and just to accept or dodge whatever life throws at you. It's not a battle against fate in my eyes. It's more like navigating the ocean currents of time, moving along you and your problems. It's out of my control, but as long as I retain the illusion of my sense of self, I'm fine living like this.

>>52309

You've summed it up perfectly well. We live inside this bubble of perception where our sense of autonomy is confined within these boundaries. It's like we're actors/automata in a truly grand farce. A form of devised theater. There is absolutely zero meaning outside of the one that destiny nurtures us into.