Existential Crisis General

Everyone has had their own existential crisis, and I'm interested in what people genuinely feel this is all for.

>what is consciousness?
>is there a God?
>what life is like on other planets?
>do we have space neighbors?
>what is time?

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i wouldn't call those questions existential crisis

>what is consciousness?
Dopamine

I don't fucking know man like what the fuck.

They are questions related to ones purpose and even if they aren't, they are still questions which answer is the biggest redpill ever known to any living thing ever

>>is there a God?
Read about gnosticism before Sup Forums makes you worship the jewish skyworm.

>dude i don't know bro lol stop questioning shit like how would I know

Shut the fuck up, you weed smoking retard. If you have genuinely never questioned the origin of life your brain is animal tier

>what is consciousness?
Your soul. Animals are not conscious they are simply "alive" but a human has awareness and is sentient. Made in God's image.

>is there a God?
Yes and to deny this is degenerate.

>what life is like on other planets?
Don't know. Never been.

>do we have space neighbors?
No.

>what is time?
Something God created and will do away with at the Last Day.

I had he usual "fuck i'm eventually going to die and there's absolutely nothing I can do about it" moment at around 3am when I'm trying to sleep.

You say God, are you referring to the Christian God or are you talking about a higher being whose power can not be comprehended by humans?

He's refering to the christian god, I warned you, learn about gnosticism before they come to you with jeebus.

(op)
Add loitering nihilism and you have 40% of /pol, sans shills.

I'll read up on it tonight but give me a short redpill

See, OP, I'm gonna redpill you.
There's this dark deity we call the demiurge that has quite fooled lots of people, it is a being of darkness.
With the jews he made a pact and they have this stated in their religion, so he has them earn money and worldly power so they are behind everything.
He also rules over muslims and christians, as they worship him too.
Muhammad and jesus were deceivers of the demiurge.
There's a God above this dark deity, he can save you with gnosis (personally knowing God).

I only need four words to answer all your questions.

The Earth is Flat

i fell for nietzsche's nihilism, cured myself with camu's absurd hero, but im still in a rough spot

>what is consciusness
a chemical reaction
> is there a god?
highly unlikely, my heart wishes there was tho
> what life is like on other planets?
it depends on what kind of atmosphere life developed
>do we have space neighbors
considering the universe is infinite i doubt there is alien life that is close enough to be considered "neighbor"
>what is time
time doesnt exist, humanity has acknowledged the term "time" due to our perception

>it's another flat earther derailment

Yeah fellow traveler, we've all been there. The idea of the me inside you could stop even existing. Nothingness unexistence is a terrifying thought cycle and it's hard to snap out. Easy af to fall into tho. The usual comfort is the energy can't be created or destroyed line. I just pray to the God I was given and I usually fall asleep telling him my thoughts and fears.

>what is consciousness?
Don't know don't care
>is there a God?
If so it is at best amoral
>what life is like on other planets?
Carbon Hydrogen and Oxygen based considering the universal distribution of elements
>do we have space neighbors?
Where do you draw the line for space? My human neighbor in the next house could fit the bill
>what is time?
A faculty of human reasoning we use to describe the kinds and laws of nature- every aspect of nature is evaluated with respect to zero or more orders of time.
> unseen question???
My recovery from nihilism involved the appreciation of the lyrics of a song- nay- a poem by James Mercer, The Shins - Young Pilgrims.

You still sound quite nihilistic

You're such a tool. Jesus is the Messiah and all you can do is cry like a little meanie bitch. Jesus is the Word of God. There is only one God and only He is worthy of worship.

You seek the law of one little brothe, love and light be with u always.

h0W dO YoU tUrN A sPHerE inSidE oUT?

How do you turn a SphERe INsiDe OUt?

>Jesus is the Word of God. There is only one God and only He is worthy of worship.
Are you referring to the Holy Fidget Spinner? Jesus, God , and the Holy Ghost? All of which are somehow one God.

bruh none of this shit matters. chill and just enjoy the time you have. do you care about any of the billions of people that have died or will die?

The ultimate redpill is that millions of years ago Aliens planted everything here as a seed to terraform another planet that their people will eventually populate

TAKE YOUR EXISTENTIAL CRISIS AND STUFF IT

Epistemological Nihilism. I have taken it as a sort of compromise between an outright 'what is the point' and accepting traditional social orders to support something about which I don't care to exist. I am interested in the sciences that develop our models of nature which may never be more than 99% true, and I appreciate the social structures that exist for me to pursue these interests.

What I believe, I believe because of research and personal experience aswell as receving gnosis directly from God, not as in a knowledge but as in salvation as in personally knowing Him.

This faggot right here is a prime example of a Rick and Morty viewer

>burrp gods not real morty, life doesn't matter

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Here straya, incase you wanna browse and read articles and listen to a gnostic radio.

>consciousness is a chemical reaction

This is reductionism.

By thinking that a whole is merely the sum of it's parts, you miss the element of it that is only present when all of the parts are brought together.

For example, a newspaper is merely dots on a piece of paper. But you and I both know that when viewed from above, you see letters and pictures. To say that it is dots on a paper ignores the entire point of the paper: the words and images.

To say a symphony is just musical notes, ignores the actual song itself.

And if you uploaded your consciousness to a computer, by your logic consciousness is electrical signals between transistors. So which is it? A chemical reaction, or electral signals between transistors? It can't be both.

Physics were put in place because God does not want us meeting other civilizations

>IT CAN'T BE BOTH

BTFO

all he said was "i don't know" you fuckin neanderthal

>you were seeking strength, justice, splendor. You were seeking love
>here is the pit, here is your pit - it's name is silence

> A chemical reaction, or electral signals between transistors?

>IS A CHAIR MADE OUT OF ATOMS OR MOLECULES, MAKE UP YOUR MIND ATHEISTS!

A litteral waste of potentiality, this faggot is one of ((them))

Yes and no. EM signals that we transmit from earth fall beneath the noise floor by the time they reach the edge of the solar system.
However, we are granted an unusual opportunity that is a reasonable escape velocity from earth given our energy deposits.

It actually kind of speaks to me the more I look into it

Then don't fucking contribute you stupid burger, my point still stands that if you tell people that you don't know and to chill out, you're a god damn brainlet

This is a poor example considering that molecules are made out of atoms.

It's more like saying is a house made from bricks or from wood?

The answer is neither.

>Do space niggers exist?

Yea buddy, what a deep and philosophical question.

Jungian psychologists use it as a psychological model even.

>receving gnosis directly from God...
What if that was all just a deception from the shaitan?

Im just really trying to ignore how and why the world is going to shit right now. Im going to try to start enjoying life more. Use the fuck out of my paid vacation days, kick ass when I am working, go on trips just so I can say fuck it, I do what I want. Start lifting again instead of playing xbox from 9 am till 7 pm.
I encourage all of you to adopt the same idea before we all die in the near future.

But it was stronger than Allah
Is the shaitan stronger than Allah?

you may try to learn new about world. It can make the crysis weaker.

I mean don't think about global questions, think about, for example (JUST EXAMPLE) about the crysis in Osman Empire.

>what is consciousness?
Having perceptions, thoughts, and feeling; awareness
>is there a God?
Yes but it wouldn't call itself God. It's all relative. To ants we are gods, to us another advanced entity would be a god, and so on and so forth.
>what life is like on other planets?
Probably a lot like ours to be honest. Normal things living day to day, occasionally asking themselves these very same questions.
>do we have space neighbors?
Yes
>what is time?
A measurable, observable phenomenon but it relies on the topic of your first question to exist; consciousness. And it's really meaningless unless you are studying the organization of a number of individuals. I do believe in the "arrow of time" as in it only flows one way.

what do you think about Quaranism? The most secular kind of Islam.

But it was stronger than Allah
How so? Nothing is above God and He has no equal.

I am consul of the Combine.

>what is consciousness?
A creation of the subconscious core of the brain. Every time you enter REM sleep your conscious mind seizes to exist, when you wake it begins to reform.
>is there a God?
You can speculate on 'proof' if you want, but you won't prove anything, and if there is there would never be a logical reason for being multiple lives, so if there is most likely no afterlife then either
>what life is like on other planets?
It depends I guess, the first life on Earth would look alien compared to even the most basic singe celled microbes we have today, even in chemical and atomic makeup
>do we have space neighbors?
If they're in our galaxy we could detect them pretty easily by the time the have radio, very easily if they have space travel, so probably not, yet
>what is time?
The movement of particles/waves, and the transference of energy
I hope this makes you feel better?

Sorry,but i must tell u....God have female gender

Are you Ruskies all autistic?

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OP If you seeking the truth as it relates to conscious life check this out

Existential crises are for weak beta nihilistic cucks. If you wish to transcend such weakness, you must research your questions and find the inner truth. The true human spirit is the search for knowledge, not to idly sit down like a cuck in the face of heavy questions.

>what is consciousness?
doesnt matter
>is there a God?
doesnt matter
>what life is like on other planets?
doesnt matter
>do we have space neighbors?
doesnt matter
>what is time?
doesnt matter

feels good to be a fatalist

>what is consciousness?

Consciousness can be considered a feedback loop born out of the necessity to be aware.

>is there a God?

What is your definition of "god"? Considering how the universe is near infinite, there could possibly be a god. I'm not too sure about religious interpretations and depictions though.

>what life is like on other planets?

I don't know about unintelligent life but considering technology is a pre-requisite to space travel and advanced communication, most likely intelligent life is or once was somewhat similar to humans.

>do we have space neighbors?

Probably, although they may be thousands or millions of light-years away. If not that means humans are the first sentient life in the universe.

But do you feel?
>doesnt matter

We are aware your life doesn't matter because you were placed in a third world nation, God only puts his chosen ones in first world nations

I feel bad. Here's a free (YOU)

The people are waking up slowly mate, but you won't notice.
You'll be too busy sleeping when they do.

There's a god above your god, your god is a being of darkness that has christians jews and muslims fighting each other.
He gives the jews advantages on earth because they were his first people, that's why they're behind everything.

im from an upper middle class family in a highly developed part of an eu country so im probably wealthier and better off than most of you

Cant answer any of that but thinking about it hurts my head. I had my first existential crisis when I bought a telescope and found Saturn. It was....unsettling. Of course I've seen pics of it, learned about it, and knew it was out there but actually seeing it like that was different.
It exists and is huge. It just spins up there hovering in the dark and our existence is small compared to that giant. It will be there long after we die out as a species .
If god exists why create something that was never meant for mankind?

Ask whether a deity would set out to create something for humans.

>what is consciousness?
A quantum mechanical projection

>is there a God?
depends what you mean by God

>what life is like on other planets?
it also increases Entropy and on a long enough timeline, self-awareness / sentient life will emerge. it might not look exactly like we do though.

>do we have space neighbors?
unlikely anyone's close enough that we could ever actually meet them but given the size of the Universe, it is unlikely that we are alone.

>what is time?
Time is manifold and has multiple definitions. The Order of time we live on is 1 solar year (the spacetime interval which repeats). any increase in time also has a corresponding increase in Entropy, also manifold.

>what is consciousness?

Memory creates consciousness, you weren't (you) until you could remember events and create independent thoughts form your memory. The memorization of information is what brings you into being.


>is there a God?

Depends on your definition. God could simply be the laws of physics that exist in the universe or the series of events that led to the creation of energy in the universe. I will speculate here, you are energy, you are light, you are the god you seek.


>what life is like on other planets?

Probably similar to the way life began on Earth. We find simple amino acids in asteroids that travel around the universe and seed life wherever they hit. So, if they hit a planet similar to earth, there is no reason not to think that the same process of evolution would take place. I believe opposable thumbs and fingers for the use of tools will be the precursor to any species that takes evolution to a human brain-like evolutionary step.


>do we have space neighbors?

Probably, but they are governed by the limits of space travel and limited time as we are. Entropy will affect any biological system that sustains life as we know it.


>what is time?

Time is the passing of events that go through the process of cause and effect. Any action of work takes a specific energy to complete that action and occur at specific intervals. Our idea of time is simply a measurement, the same as using a ruler to figure length. Time-space is a mathematical construct to explain events that take place from one reference from to another, the occurrence of events for each specific time frame do not vary, just as the energy requirements for O2 to bond with hydrogen to create water do not vary, in either frame of reference of the molecules.

Energy can not be created or destroyed

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Your future

I don't presume to know the mind of God, user.

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If you all dont mind, this is something thats made me go silently crazy at a few points.

How and why does anything exist?
This is ignoring god(s), singularities, infinitely small possibilities.
If there were to be nothing at all, there would be no one and nothing to ever experience it. There wouldn't even be a black void because no essence in whatever existence that would be present wouldn't know what just a black void is. A sort of perpetual non-existence, free of any sort of consciousness.
This very well could have happened. But it didn't. So why are we here?

>why
For my fun

Are you god, ruskie?

goddes

>goddes
You know the rules.

yet, its well know that the brain itself gives meaning to what we see ,hear,feel, a newspaper to a person who cant read is just dots.

a symphony is nothing more than musical notes, "music" has we know it only holds value to humans, for animals arent capable of making the distinction between music and noise, that means that only the human brain gives it any kind of deeper meaning

youre assuming that consciousness CAN BE uploaded to a computer, which to this date we dont know the answer yet, and in case it could be uploaded, indeed it would be nothing more than electrical signals in a computer and nothing more than a chemical reaction in a human

but the question is still unanswered what is consciousness? so far the most logical, is only a chemical reaction.

There are mathematically an infinite number of non-happenings, voids of expressions. Determine whether math is part of or in and of itself nature or a faculty of human reasoning, and you may be closer to making peace with your questions on reality.

You don't know rules,idiot.

Space is a meme and God is real.

>why are we here

We are the answer to the only question God has ever asked: what is it like to not be God? We live in a created universe void of objective divine revelation (subjective is ubiquitous) by necessity to facilitate free will.
Free will is God's Magnum Opus, but it comes with a price: ignorance, suffering, and evil.

There are forces at work in the world to achieve two things: occlude the existence of the creator and primarily to destroy his perfect creation, Free Will.

your future.

either
>u have an epiphany/experience that sufficiently removes all doubt, and instills you with purpose and newfound comprehension of youruniverse.
or
>it's not worth your time worrying about, because there's so many unprovable possibilities and variables it's really not worth your time, which could be better spent following whichever religious rules or stats if we're all in a big computer or some shit.

The better existential questions is

>Why is consciousness?

>Why is time?

C17, Ukraine's future. You and I will be dead.

Every once in a while I get caught up thinking about why I'm "me". The world is being observed from my perspective, and there's nothing anyone can do to prove that the world is actually being viewed from any other point of view. I am the observer, and for what reason?

elon musk simulation theory

Already answered in this thread: Free Will.

Can't decide without consciousness, can't have free decision without time (without time it's like reading a Zork book and flipping back pages when you die, no consequences and the "correct" choice is obvious )

Free Will is the answer to all existential questions. Free Will is God's Triumph.

>137217114
>consciousness is The Universe obeserving and experiencing itself
>God is consciousness
>different
>yes
>an illusion

i. die.?

Ignorance is a vital component of Free Will.

Good thread.

>who cares
>who cares
>who cares
>who cares
>are you high?

Waste of thought.

Sage

There's no way to prove you're not concsiously on another plane, experiencing life as we know it within a human vessel from whom you detach upon its death.

>Free Will is God's Triumph
So free will is literally the divine touch?

and if we follow that kind of thinking we are back to square one, if it cant be proved then theres no way someone can say its real

I am also enjoying it

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