big picture happiness

[Viking]

Cosmic nihilism tells us that everything is meaningless (including the absence of meaning itself) and that every attempt to construct meaning is a self deception, because every meaning would be a belief. therefore ultimate happiness will come from the absence of suffering. the absence of suffering can be achieved by wisdom. by uncovering and eliminating beliefs.

my question is, is it prefferable to grant basic needs using maslow's hierarchy first, and then to tackle beliefs, or should one better go straight for the beliefs? or both at the same time?

is the both at the same time path a hard path? because one way replaces negative beliefs with positive ones, and one gets rid of them all.

I feel like i know "too much"(and too little) to just go and indulge in my desires, believing unintentionally that all of them wont bring me fulfillment so its pointless to pursue them. so i think the path straight to the destruction of beliefs is the better path for me, it will be harder to pursue the meaning path i feel.do you think its so?

i made a lot of assumptions in this thread i guess, point out to me please if you see any flaws.

Edited February 4, 2018 by Viking

[Nahm]

@Viking cosmic nihilism doesn’t tell us anything, it’s made up. An outward projection of not having gone inward.