morals I personally disagree with. There are alot of good morals to go by, then again, there are
also alot of bad ones. I am very picky when it comes to these things, because this is what makes
up me; my personality, and how I should act around everyone and everything. Everyone has
atleast one moral that they're devoted to and stand by because thats what they believe in, though
everyone follows on delusion that haunts humanity.
Im going to start this off with a recent experience I had not too long ago. I went to
Stonehenge, I'm not sure what I expected to find when I went there. Its been so long that since
mankind tampered with it, that this place …show more content…
Well, what I've
taken from it is, is that rocks appear to be permanent. I mean I know that they arent. Mountains
are constantly eroding and in places the crust is melting back into the mantle. Rock obviously isn't
permanent, but on the scale of a human life, it is and people have recognized that face rocks are
permanent for thousands of years and, I think that's what makes so, very important to us, as the
quote goes, "a diamond is forever". We as humans build monuments out of rock because they will
outlast us and virtually every other material we can think of. What about our modern structures
you say? The metal and glass are just rock refines by our inginuity. Rocks are both practical and
symbolic. We seek to indetify ourselves with rocks. We carve our heroes, forefathers, emporers,
king in stone because, we want them to last forever, and there is a way in which we want that kind
of permanence for ourselves. I think it is at the core of the human heart to scratch our name into
stone, or put your initials in wet cement, really just, manmade rock; or fasten a padlock to a
bridge. In this way, we try to push our imperanence from our minds. The monuments, statues …show more content…
But the same delusion I would argue is also debilitating. It lulls you into a false sense of
security, inaction, like a due date a long time in the future. There is always tomorrow so we
procrastinate living the life we truly desire and we live, in more fear. The sense that your soul is
eternal makes you cowardly because failure forever; for really, ever. Shame, embarassment,
disappointment, they would never, ever leave you. A distant horizon encourages you to play it
safe, to fight on and live to see another day; for after all, there is always, another day. And this is
why I find nihilism to be so liberating and emboldening! If you can really picture the true
nothingness that awaits you, then what is there to be afraid of? Nothing! Erros and humiliations
will be forgotten but great achievements may not. We may have no meaning in the comsic,
universal context of the universe, but we make our own daily with eachother; and this is the
thought that leads to action: your days are numbered, you do not know what that number is but it
is very finite, so get busy with what it is you want to do. Time is running