So, you might as well live as if final death, Pascal's Wager, reincarnation, and eternal recurrence were all simultaneously true.
Beautiful, Max. Thank you.
Bravo! Whitman's "I contain multitudes" springs to mind as soon as I finished reading your essay.
I wonder how well would these 4 archetypal thought patterns map to Gurdjieff's 4 processing centers of a human psyche. I think a reasonable mapping can be made for this order: 1-instinctive, 2-emotional, 3-intellectual, 4-moving.
Live with purpose, for if this is the sum of life, you've made every breath count.
Live with reverence for the All, for if there’s an afterlife, you will be judged fit for it.
Live with virtue, for if you’re destined to return, your next incarnation will be an ascent.
Live with passion, for if this life recurs, you've made it magnificent.
Are these your words, Max?
Yessir.
Just so I know whom to cite, and whom to thank!
Beautiful, Max. Thank you.
Bravo! Whitman's "I contain multitudes" springs to mind as soon as I finished reading your essay.
I wonder how well would these 4 archetypal thought patterns map to Gurdjieff's 4 processing centers of a human psyche. I think a reasonable mapping can be made for this order: 1-instinctive, 2-emotional, 3-intellectual, 4-moving.
Live with purpose, for if this is the sum of life, you've made every breath count.
Live with reverence for the All, for if there’s an afterlife, you will be judged fit for it.
Live with virtue, for if you’re destined to return, your next incarnation will be an ascent.
Live with passion, for if this life recurs, you've made it magnificent.
Are these your words, Max?
Yessir.
Just so I know whom to cite, and whom to thank!