Director Roger Nygard traveled the world asking theologians, scientists, skeptics, and everyday people 85 tough questions to try to understand The Nature of Existence! Now that he’s asked the experts, it’s YOUR TURN! To offer your own insights on today’s question, “What is the best advice or philosophy for living?“, Leave a Reply below!
On May 28, 2010,
in 85 Questions,
by nabiscuit
Director Roger Nygard traveled the world asking theologians, scientists, skeptics, and everyday people 85 tough questions to try to understand The Nature of Existence! Now that he’s asked the experts, it’s YOUR TURN! To offer your own insights on today’s question, “What is the best advice or philosophy for living?“, Leave a Reply below!
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Try to hurt anybody and read a book every now and then.
I meant, try NOT to hurt anybody.
No Matter What Happens….It Goes On
This is probably the easiest question so far. Live and let live! Care about the other, not as much as you care about yourself or your family but enough to help them when they are most in need.
The love of Gods
Only Gods can possess,
Only Gods can practice,
Only Gods can enjoy,
The love of Gods.
Just for the happiness of others,
The delight of others,
The joy of others,
The blessing of others,
Do Gods exist and live.
The love of Gods,
Is a holy love,
A selfless love,
A most noble love,
Devoted only for
The happiness of others,
The delight of others,
And the joy of others.
Within this love,
There is no greed for self,
No selfishness or avarice for self,
It is a holy love that serves
Just for the happiness of others.
Within this love,
There is no stinginess, regret, or anything,
As it joyfully devotes all,
Just for the happiness of others.
Only those who have become Gods,
Can know this love of Gods.
Only those who have become Gods,
Can practice this holy love.
If these Gods leave for heaven,
Traces of this love of Gods
Would also disappear.
But these Gods who have ascended to heaven,
Will continue to practice this love,
Together with God and the angels,
For eternity.
It is this love of Gods
That God is so pleased with,
That God is so delighted with,
That He loves so much,
And blesses so greatly.
This love is
The everlasting life of God and man,
It is eternal life.
As the world, carnal pleasures,
And all things pass away,
Only this holy love of Gods,
Will grow even deeper,
And remain forever.
True Love
Beautiful love is loving the other,
Before you are loved.
Beautiful love is continuously loving the other,
Though you are rejected.
Beautiful love is loving the other,
Though you are hated.
Beautiful love is loving the other,
Though you are treated badly.
Beautiful love is not dominating the other,
But rather being dominated.
Beautiful love is not holding the other,
But rather gently letting go.
Beautiful love is not conquering the other,
But rather being conquered.
Beautiful love is not demanding of the other,
But rather giving.
Beautiful love is not hurting the other,
But rather being hurt.
Beautiful love is not betraying the other,
But rather being betrayed.
Beautiful love is blessing with tears,
The one who forsakes you.
Beautiful love is weeping alone,
Unable to forget the one who has forsaken you.
Beautiful love is mourning alone,
Unable to forget the one who has forsaken you.
Beautiful love is forgiving all of yesterday’s wrongs,
The one who left you and then returned.
Beautiful love is to run out and welcome with delight,
The one who left you and then returned.
Beautiful love is not living for oneself,
But only for the sake of the other.
Beautiful love is giving all you have for the other,
Even your life…
This is beautiful love.
Every moment has a meaning, all it’s own.
Zen, be part of the nature.
Let the natural things happen the way it should happen.
Good will be good, and bad will be bad, there’s no need for intentional pursuit. Things will come naturally.
Be happy with what you got, good or bad.
Treat others the way you want them to treat you. If you kill someone, someone else will kill you. If you blow yourself up, no-one will remember you for the good you did.
Follow you bliss.
Live and let live
As long your happiness is dependent on the actions of others (their love, attention, or admiration) or where you are or what other people have you will not be happy.
Take responsibility for your own happiness.
Always remember that ambition and fulfilment come in many forms.
Trust in yourself to fix your own problems. Be your own burden, but help lighten the burden of others. There is no true selfless act, for the feeling received through charity is its own reward. Make yourself happy, but not at the expense of others. Your life may be temporary, but time spent improving your life and the lives around you is never in vain. Do not let your religious views interfere with your knowledge of the world; whether create by some entity or otherwise, learn all you can about its this world for its wonders are infinite.
Ecclesiastes 12:13-14 (NIV):
13 Now all has been heard; here is the conclusion of the matter:
Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man.
14 For God will bring every deed into judgment,
including every hidden thing, whether it is good or evil.
Matthew 22:37-39 (NIV):
37Jesus replied: ” ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ 38This is the first and greatest commandment. 39And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’
Reduce the amount of suffering you inflict and pursue happiness. Avoid suffering yourself. Do good things for others, and realize that they make you feel good, too. Enjoy life as much as you can while it lasts, because once it’s over, it’s over.
Know thyself, and live and let live!
Just do the best you can.
Treat others with kindness and respect, and follow your heart.
Think hard about important things and let reason guide your actions. But try not to take yourself too seriously.
Just Live your Life and everything will be alright
The Golden Rule: Treat others as you would have others treat you.
Best philosophy for living? First do no harm.
The negative or Confucian formulation of the Golden Rule: Do NOT do to unto others as you would NOT have them do unto you.
To truly LIVE every experience; being in the here and now, Feel every emotion; good, bad and indifferent. Observe every thought and if possible, consider why you thought that thought. (Body, mind, soul in action)
K.I.S.S.
Keep it simple stupid.
Coming to any situation with an open mimd. Willing to share our human experience with others. Use reason to solve problems.
Love others and love yourself.
The middle path. And Golden rule. Imagine there’s nothing to kill or die for…and no religion too! What would we do? Even chimps are smart enough to realize the importance of living in harmony.
Be excellent to each other.
be clear minded and calm hearted. Both you can attain only yourself by Zen like observing the outside world, by compassion to all beings and by attaining your inner joy (and peace). If you are in good relation to others – it helps.
I must ditto Andrew on June 10th!
What is the best advice or philosophy for living? I think the only answer is to help the soul, what is live in the human body.
What is the best advice or philosophy for living? Change yourself (not the others) to the right direction and be a good person.
Seek first compassion, and then truth. Your mileage will vary.
Take care of yourself emotionally and physically, because it takes us all working together to move forward as a species, and any of us is no good to that process if we’re not healthy on both counts and happy with it.
To that end…do what you love doing, as long as it makes a beneficial difference and is not needlessly to the detriment of other life-forms. That said, we can’t all be rock stars, professional athletes, or anything else…so keep your interests and skills as broad as possible.
Do your best, and help others do the same.
The way to be happy is to make others so. Never stop learning, and don’t be afraid to speak your mind.
I would suggest that a person should choose a growth path. There are several established paths, which are not all are the same. The values, rules, and goals differ. Study them and see which one speak to you.
Here are some simplistic examples. If you are a warrior, who follows your will, the goal is honor and the way is competition. The intellect seeks new ideas using honesty, objectivity, and precision. The creative strive for beauty through practice and inspiration. The followers of conciousness want to wake up and be happy and so they join support groups of like minded individuals. Lovers dream of a loving relationship and open their hearts by caring for others.
A person should live each for a while to find out which one feels like home.
Act with integrity and compassion, then you can relax and enjoy the fruits of your actions.
Follow the Golden rule and love thy neighbour as you would expect to be loved, if by someone who had your best interests at heart.
Be ignorant, follow people who sound like what they know what their doing, and you will be happy in life! Not great, not revering, but sadly true.
Two simple rules to live by (not easily implemented or lived):
1. Do no harm.
Difficult, if not impossible to live by. The very act of surviving means we need to consume plants and animals for food (vegetarians may be on a less harmful path if they don’t kill the plant they consume). Consumption of almost anything causes harm in some way, so maybe it is more achievable to try to live so that we minimize harm to all living things and our environment.
2. Endeavor to do good things and be kind.
Again, difficult because it depends on our evaluation of what is good. Good should always be interpreted with rule #1 in mind – do no harm. Try to analyze your acts of goodness and kindness and make sure they do not have “unintended consequences” that cause harm.
Answer to the “How can we improve humanity?” is suffiecient for this.
1)Edit. Don’t act the way you know you really are.
a)this allows us to take the best edits from others and pretend as if we are the edited of the best editors..as they pretend doing the same.
2) Endure the tension created by this absurd dance around reality.
a) do not come unhinged and shoot up your workplace & your fellow workers.
3)Having eaten all your life don’t complain when you get a fork stuck in you.
A is A
Existence exists. Which means identity exists. Which means logic is valid and contradictions can’t exist. And everything flows from that. When all else fails look to reality.
Objectivism a philosophy derived from the objective facts of reality is the best philosophy for living, if you choose to.
To live fully, well, and with compassion for our fellow species on this planet.
Ask quietly in stillness and sincerity to be shown your highest truth. Be your highest self and reach your full potential. Develop the mind as a wise and useful servant. Allow your heart to be venerable to the touch of God. Be joyful, be grateful, be childlike and be humble. Be light hearted, be flexible, embrace change and growth. Be!
be yourself
relax, have fun, and understand cause this is the only life you’ve got. love others too, and it will give purpose.