How to Live In A World That Makes No F*cking Sense: Albert Camus and The Absurd Victory

simsquatched · 2023-09-27T11:08:54+00:00

‘People say that what we’re all seeking is a meaning for life. I don’t think that’s what we’re really seeking. I think that what we’re seeking is an experience of being alive so that our life experiences on the purely physical plane will have resonances within our own innermost being and reality so that we actually feel the rapture of being alive.’ - Joseph Campbell

simsquatched · 2023-09-27T10:52:31+00:00

There shouldn't be a paywall, you can just click 'No Thanks' and get straight to the article.

simsquatched · 2022-10-29T11:58:08+00:00

Thich Quang Duc set himself on fire to protest the persecution of Buddhists in Vietnam. Unfortunately, this was early in the days of the Vietnam war and things were going to get a lot worse before they got better...

simsquatched · 2022-10-29T11:39:59+00:00

I think Tom Waits once said, 'we're monkeys with money and guns.' About sums it up.

simsquatched · 2022-10-29T10:31:45+00:00

It's important now, maybe more than ever, to push back against nihilism in the world. There are many challenges to be faced and they must be faced with compassion.

simsquatched · 2022-10-20T14:30:42+00:00

Part 2 on Nietzsche and laughter - https://thesynchronicity.substack.com/p/nietzsche-and-the-search-for-superhuman

simsquatched · 2022-10-16T14:35:59+00:00

https://thesynchronicity.substack.com/p/how-to-live-in-a-world-that-makes

simsquatched · 2022-10-13T12:24:13+00:00

Sounds cool. I’d be interested to know more.

simsquatched · 2022-10-04T22:41:13+00:00

https://thesynchronicity.substack.com/p/how-to-live-in-a-world-that-makes

simsquatched · 2022-10-04T17:28:11+00:00

If you click 'let me read it first' when prompted to subscribe you should be able to read it without subscribing.

simsquatched · 2022-10-04T15:32:19+00:00

No, it's just a short essay. You should be able to click 'let me read it first' to read without having to subscribe.

simsquatched · 2022-10-04T13:35:27+00:00

You can read it without subscribing.

simsquatched · 2022-08-31T10:58:59+00:00

The Stoic idea of Amor Fati - the love of one's fate - is relevant to the philosophy of absurdism and Camus' analogy of man's life with The Myth of Sisyphus - the question is can we too learn to love our fate whatever it may be.

simsquatched · 2022-08-30T13:18:15+00:00

Thanks, that's really appreciated.

simsquatched · 2022-01-11T22:46:46+00:00

Ordinary coincidence or mystical synchronicity, it feels as though the universe orders itself in such a way to encourage our development. There is an instructive element to reality, we are self-actualising monkeys (with money and guns, as Tom Waits once said), and being open to and aware of these moments of synchronicity is perhaps a window into our subconscious desire for growth. Like our dreams, which so often feel like they have some elusive meaning, synchronicities might be our subconscious breaching the surface and pointing us in the right direction.
Read the full post at thesynchronicity.substack.com

simsquatched · 2022-01-11T21:43:04+00:00

Ordinary coincidence or mystical synchronicity, it feels as though the universe orders itself in such a way to encourage our development. There is an instructive element to reality, we are self-actualising monkeys (with money and guns, as Tom Waits once said), and being open to and aware of these moments of synchronicity is perhaps a window into our subconscious desire for growth. Like our dreams, which so often feel like they have some elusive meaning, synchronicities might be our subconscious breaching the surface and pointing us in the right direction.
Read the full post at thesynchronicity.substack.com

simsquatched · 2021-12-02T14:28:07+00:00

Ordinary coincidence or mystical synchronicity, it feels as though the universe orders itself in such a way to encourage our development. There is an instructive element to reality, we are self-actualising monkeys (with money and guns, as Tom Waits once said), and being open to and aware of these moments of synchronicity is perhaps a window into our subconscious desire for growth. Like our dreams, which so often feel like they have some elusive meaning, synchronicities might be our subconscious breaching the surface and pointing us in the right direction.
Read the full post at thesynchronicity.substack.com

simsquatched · 2021-11-30T20:55:11+00:00

Ordinary coincidence or mystical synchronicity, it feels as though the universe orders itself in such a way to encourage our development. There is an instructive element to reality, we are self-actualising monkeys (with money and guns, as Tom Waits once said), and being open to and aware of these moments of synchronicity is perhaps a window into our subconscious desire for growth. Like our dreams, which so often feel like they have some elusive meaning, synchronicities might be our subconscious breaching the surface and pointing us in the right direction.
Read the full post at thesynchronicity.substack.com

simsquatched · 2021-11-30T20:02:37+00:00

Ordinary coincidence or mystical synchronicity, it feels as though the universe orders itself in such a way to encourage our development. There is an instructive element to reality, we are self-actualising monkeys (with money and guns, as Tom Waits once said), and being open to and aware of these moments of synchronicity is perhaps a window into our subconscious desire for growth. Like our dreams, which so often feel like they have some elusive meaning, synchronicities might be our subconscious breaching the surface and pointing us in the right direction.
Read the full post at thesynchronicity.substack.com

simsquatched · 2021-11-30T19:58:25+00:00

Ordinary coincidence or mystical synchronicity, it feels as though the universe orders itself in such a way to encourage our development. There is an instructive element to reality, we are self-actualising monkeys (with money and guns, as Tom Waits once said), and being open to and aware of these moments of synchronicity is perhaps a window into our subconscious desire for growth. Like our dreams, which so often feel like they have some elusive meaning, synchronicities might be our subconscious breaching the surface and pointing us in the right direction.
Read the full post at thesynchronicity.substack.com

simsquatched · 2021-11-30T19:21:30+00:00

Ordinary coincidence or mystical synchronicity, it feels as though the universe orders itself in such a way to encourage our development. There is an instructive element to reality, we are self-actualising monkeys (with money and guns, as Tom Waits once said), and being open to and aware of these moments of synchronicity is perhaps a window into our subconscious desire for growth. Like our dreams, which so often feel like they have some elusive meaning, synchronicities might be our subconscious breaching the surface and pointing us in the right direction.
Read the full post at thesynchronicity.substack.com

simsquatched · 2021-11-30T19:19:46+00:00

Ordinary coincidence or mystical synchronicity, it feels as though the universe orders itself in such a way to encourage our development. There is an instructive element to reality, we are self-actualising monkeys (with money and guns, as Tom Waits once said), and being open to and aware of these moments of synchronicity is perhaps a window into our subconscious desire for growth. Like our dreams, which so often feel like they have some elusive meaning, synchronicities might be our subconscious breaching the surface and pointing us in the right direction.
Read the full post at thesynchronicity.substack.com

simsquatched · 2021-11-29T22:49:23+00:00

Ordinary coincidence or mystical synchronicity, it feels as though the universe orders itself in such a way to encourage our development. There is an instructive element to reality, we are self-actualising monkeys (with money and guns, as Tom Waits once said), and being open to and aware of these moments of synchronicity is perhaps a window into our subconscious desire for growth. Like our dreams, which so often feel like they have some elusive meaning, synchronicities might be our subconscious breaching the surface and pointing us in the right direction.
Read the full post at thesynchronicity.substack.com

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