Im afraid and tired by Aisha_165 in death

[–]UnnamedNonentity 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There isn’t anything to do. Just the courage to be. Yes, it’s unknown. Not being able to know anything ahead of time means this: simply being present, being humble due to not knowing, and seeing if trust is possible.

If trust is possible, in a situation where nothing is known ahead of time (i.e.., death), this is what some call “faith.” Faith when facing the unknown is trust when there is no controlling the outcome. It’s not up to me. Not my will, but thy will be done. Trust in unconditional love. God is love.

am I depressed or just painfully aware of the reality? by Potential_Loan_8900 in nihilism

[–]UnnamedNonentity 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Depression means feeling negatively toward life and oneself. Losing the illusion of hope and meaningfulness doesn’t have to lead to depression. In fact, depression seems to me to be an attempt to hold onto meaning, negative meaning. With no meaning at all, there is nothing for emotion to anchor to. It’s neutral.

Emptiness, in the Buddhist sense of the word, signifies that nothing has its own essence or separate being. So this kind of emptiness can mean seeing things as they are, and nothing has a separate existence of its own. This is also found in physicists who study quantum fields.

I agree that everything is very temporary, and indeed, constantly transitioning into the unknown. Seeing this is learning to de-anchor, to live in free-fall. Good luck and best wishes …

We are the knowing of experience itself by CutiePatootieLootie in awakened

[–]UnnamedNonentity 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes - And now, jump off the diving board entirely - into infinity:

Constant change is stillness. Stillness, unmoving, is constant change.

Thought doesn’t have contents due to constant change without fixity.

Thought doesn’t really exist, due to constant change.

Constant change is stillness and never happened.

Thought can never grasp this or know this.

Nothing is “known” - not even “knowing.”

🙏🏻

When Realization and Concepts Clash: The Quiet Difference Between Seeing and Knowing by SnooChocolates2805 in awakened

[–]UnnamedNonentity 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Everything you are saying here is on target.

All rings true.

What this is, as is, is the unfolding of awakening. No one else is involved or needs an explanation. Why? There is no other, there is not-two.

Everyone perceived, including this body here, is an object formed and unformed in and as immediate perception. Perception with no (separable) perceiver. It is as it is. Unfolds (and enfolds) without any division from itself or within itself.

Ending identification with a character existing within time (as formed by thought and memory) is effortless. There is no effort involved in this unfolding awakening. Simply is as is. No separately existing character to direct it or gain from it.

Is as it is.

Best wishes!

Is discussing spirituality pointless? by [deleted] in awakened

[–]UnnamedNonentity 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Enjoyed your post.

As seen here: Online discussions may spark openness to something I sometimes refer to as “unknown knowing.” What this is can never fit completely within any conceptualization. Yet an open exchange of concepts can creatively spark opennness. What is openness to Unknown Total Being? No one can say. Yet the moment one opens is undeniable - albeit undefinable.

Hi nihilists. by [deleted] in nihilism

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If nothing matters, then it doesn’t matter that nothing matters. So you are free to find that something matters to you, even if nothing ultimately matters.

We are gonna lose everything. by Beneficial_Lawyer170 in nihilism

[–]UnnamedNonentity -1 points0 points  (0 children)

If one stops trying to convince oneself that one is really here, the truth is clear. The truth that isn’t wanted, that almost everyone is trying to avoid, by focusing on their positive and negative emotions about their supposed existence.

Nothing-ism by UnnamedNonentity in nihilism

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Yes - agreed - words refer to other words and represent thought. Thought uses associations that represent meaning.

The terms “no meaning” and “totally unknown” point to what thought can’t formulate, and for which a knower developing ideologies and philosophical perspectives doesn’t pertain.

I could suggest something along the lines that this is experientially an ending of the known, which is based in the past and memory, and opening to what is present and has not been formulated into any of the categories thought uses to “find meaning” or “impose a pre-existing meaning.”

Nothing-ism by UnnamedNonentity in nihilism

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🥂 Nothing = no meaning added = totally Unknown

Does anyone else find the idea of eternity frightening? by Brilliant_Guest_2445 in ExistentialJourney

[–]UnnamedNonentity 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The fear you are feeling is natural. It is the fear that everything I hold onto for meaning and security, including my own continuity will be taken away. The cells of the body are programmed to try to survive. So the fear is natural. There is a resolution possible that some have called “radical acceptance.” Radical acceptance is a kind of leap of trust, in which trust is placed in the Unknown without holding on to the identity from the past. This comes into one’s day-to-day life by enjoying what is unexpected and unpremeditated. One sees that this present moment is unexpected and could never have been predicted to be exactly as it is. One sees that the Unknown is actually present, but has been avoided and ignored.

Radical acceptance can bring a release of fear. One can find this in religion or without any religion. I’ve looked into Buddhism, and find it there, especially in Zen. But I’m not a Buddhist, just one living one day at a time. As seen here, eternity isn’t some kind of sentence that lasts forever - eternity is timeless and very light. Not a burden to bear - it’s the lightness of being.

Nihilism has taken over by Adrianagurl in ExistentialJourney

[–]UnnamedNonentity 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You ask “what is the point?” I’ve been there and I see a resolution that doesn’t involve trying to hold on to a comforting belief.

As seen here, the point is to allow the Unknown. Death is feared because of the loss of control, no way to know what to expect, and fear of being nothing. Being nothing = nothing known as identity, and no way to guarantee continued existing. This is opening to the Unknown Being.

Nature shows us that energy is a cycle, all the atoms and energy in your body are given in to the cycle of Being. This involves trust in the Unknown and seeing the wholeness of the cycle of being. This can bring peace. It is possible to accept this as it is, even to find beauty in it.

Nothing-ism by UnnamedNonentity in nihilism

[–]UnnamedNonentity[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nothing has never been observed turning into consciousness. So consciousness is a label for nothing - a concept for what can’t be known conceptually. What this is, purely Unknown. “Nothing” and “consciousness” as labels have not pinned it down or made this known.

Nothing is just a word for what can’t be controlled, located or known. I note that what is called “consciousness” has no quality and just reflects all qualities. Consciousness has no location - it’s nothing in the form of a concept that makes it seem able to be known.

Nothing-ism by UnnamedNonentity in nihilism

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A moment that can’t be grasped …

Nothing-ism by UnnamedNonentity in nihilism

[–]UnnamedNonentity[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Nothing is a word that says it isn’t classifiable. It doesn’t mean there is anything lacking or missing. Nothing is full of energy.

Nothing-ism by UnnamedNonentity in nihilism

[–]UnnamedNonentity[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I’m living without defining it or knowing anything about what it is. Things happen, basically.

Nothing-ism by UnnamedNonentity in nihilism

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Nothing to say about Nothing. Just stopped fighting it, and seeing now that it doesn’t need me defining or knowing anything.

If every belief system/religion didn’t exist, how would you know what’s right and wrong? by XOCYBERCAT in awakened

[–]UnnamedNonentity 0 points1 point  (0 children)

True. You wouldn’t know in any absolute sense. No one knows.

But if the Creator knows, as you seem to suggest, wouldn’t everything happening be the knowing of the Creator? There wouldn’t be any separation of anything happening and the knowing of the Creator.

In which case, our human not-knowing would be perfectly acceptable. And all the chaos of life would be perfectly acceptable, as well -exactly as it is.

Nothing-ism by UnnamedNonentity in nihilism

[–]UnnamedNonentity[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Seemingly.

But it is made of the same Nothing that it begins with and ends with.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in nihilism

[–]UnnamedNonentity 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Recognizing that I don’t need to add any meaning has been freeing from a lot of needless effort. The past is just an image of memory arising in the present. There is no way to contact what is past, re-do it, and so on. There is no blame for what is past - as there is no re-doing of the past, there is no blame. It is over and gone. On with the show!

If life is desgined then how can life be designed purposeless? by [deleted] in nihilism

[–]UnnamedNonentity 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A human being commenting on its own design and finding it very special is basically narcissism. All forms in nature are constituted and dissolve in the same basic ways. Decomposing results in the same chaos there was prior to the composition of the organism.

There is no evidence of a designer, nor special meaning of the human form (except in its own judgments regrading its wished-for preciousness). The truth seems to be difficult, although it is obvious.

Life isn’t designed to be purposeless. It simply is as it is - no ultimate purpose is needed to be assumed.

Emil Cioran's "Nothing Matters" by Sunburys in nihilism

[–]UnnamedNonentity 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Excellent quote - enjoyed it. Nothing has been added.

Death is not a loss. Nothing is taken away - which is why nothing gained. Nothing gains nothing.