Struggling with Nihilism

[Mileyofpink]

Does anyone have any insights or tips or guidance to offer? How to go from nothing matters to nothing matters!

[Kuba Powiertowski]

@Mileyofpink mind that if nothing matters it means that you doesn't matter as well. If you want to stay honest ofcourse.

[Razard86]

1 hour ago, Mileyofpink said:

Does anyone have any insights or tips or guidance to offer? How to go from nothing matters to nothing matters!

 

[Water by the River]

Nihilism is self-contradictory. It proclaims there is no meaning. Besides the meaning that there is no meaning. So it is self-contradictory.

Self-contradictory is the same as wrong. And it makes you a self-contradiction on two legs. Which is the same as suffering because of that internal conflict and contradiction.

And because of that self-contradictory nature, you can (and should) forget about it when it comes to daily life. Because it can only harm your life, which happens on a relative level.

Solipsism leads to Narcissism, that leads to Nihilism, and that leads to suffering.

Just wait long enough and watch what happens to the aficionados of Solipsism/Narcissism/Nihilism and how they feel, write and come across. The energy you feel from them... All three have the same endgame: Suffering.

And none of these three conceptual belief(!)-systems lead to stable Awakening/Enlightenment (which is non-conceptual), and resting in your True Nature of Impersonal Infinite Awareness/Suchness/Nondual Reality on a stable basis.

Selling Water by the River

 

[Guest Bazooka Jesus]

41 minutes ago, Water by the River said:

Nihilism is self-contradictory. It proclaims there is no meaning. Besides the meaning that there is no meaning. So it is self-contradictory.

Exactly.

The question if everything is meaningless or not is itself meaningless. All -isms are nothing but relative stories about reality, meaning that the opposite story (in this case "everything is meaningful") is equally true/untrue.

What happens if you drop all stories?

[gettoefl]

nihilism is good, you have seen there is no meaning, now go out and give it your meaning

for example life is a dream that can end any second so why not write a nice poem today or whatever

life is up to you, when over you will wake up and say, next!

[Hojo]

Change nothing matters and I don't like it to

Nothing matters and God is real

Edited November 14, 2023 by Hojo

[Leo Gura]

It's pretty simple. Find stuff you enjoy about life and pursue it with passion.

Edited November 14, 2023 by Leo Gura

[Ash55]

12 hours ago, Mileyofpink said:

How to go from nothing matters to nothing matters!

its not like that its like
from nothing matter to what actually matter to you
i focus on my passion and the people that i really love and care about
i think with the `nothing matters! ` mentality you will always be depressed i would assume
dont tell your self `nothing matters!  tell it x matter to me or x matter more than y or x is the most meaningful thing for me
there is a billion aspect to life that you can explore

[The Renaissance Man]

@Mileyofpink Have you spent 15 minutes in silence just trying to figure this out? Just eyes closed, with your mind.

I'm just curious of what your mind would come up with from your perspective. If you haven't, I suggest you try. Maybe nothing happens, but maybe something happens.

Edited November 15, 2023 by The Renaissance Man

[not-a-faerie]

to be sad that nothing matters is to cling to the idea that something matters. You don't truly see "nothing matters" as long as you cling to the belief that something must matter, that there must be purpose. When there is no purpose, when truly nothing matters, all there is is the present moment left unjudged. 

 

I recently watched a thoughtful video talking about how people learn. When we see failure as a cost, as a price, as something that states about us one way or another, we focus too much on being averse to it. When we focus on our goals and our attempts and moving forward regardless of failure, we have a much higher chance of learning and succeeding, and our experience is more pleasant. more in flow and less in anxiety. 

 

this is to say that when we worry over what is and what can be, what should be and what to make of it, all we do is take ourselves out of flow. 

 

but does it matter? no. Do as you wish. 

[Mileyofpink]

Thank you, everyone, for your helpful responses, it just feels so great to know there is a forum where people are so connected with each other for topics normal people don't begin to comprehend.

This is beautiful.