tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8392804955786463612.post637418562695098226..comments2024-01-03T15:34:49.620+00:00Comments on Ian Wardell: Philosophical Thoughts: Do we really want an endless hedonistic lifestyle?Ian Wardellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05999029760897196102noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8392804955786463612.post-6507783213913841832015-04-12T10:49:55.879+01:002015-04-12T10:49:55.879+01:00I like C S Lewis' version of Paradise the most...I like C S Lewis' version of Paradise the most: more or less the same as what's here except that everything is stonger, sharper.<br />Kind of like when you're a child: everything feels so and incredible and "pure". That's what paradise would be like in my opinion.<br /><br />I don't think that an afterlife of continuous, repeated pleasure would be paradise neither would being an, always content, interconnected,big ball of light (as some budhist like to describe).<br /><br />I think there are some elements of paradise right here, in this world in the smallest moments.<br />A good day's work outside,the smell of the forest in the morning, the noises made by people playing outside... but also the less joyful moments like the melancoly of a cloudy day: they are all importants.<br />The main thing is not to judge those experiences but accept them all. A bit like a child would. <br /><br />I also think that the difficulties and the variety of life are what part of what makes it so great.<br />It's by fighting against gravity that I feel so much pleasure and awe reaching for the sky, it's by being a separate being from other humans that I can feel the joy of connecting with another. <br />We build ourselves (our identities, our bodies...) from the apparent chaos around us, it's a way to define ourselves. <br />I don't think this will ever stop, even in the afterlife.Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10766189042843581724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8392804955786463612.post-64227961601274132012015-04-01T14:32:34.506+01:002015-04-01T14:32:34.506+01:00I agree, the afterlife described by spiritualists ...I agree, the afterlife described by spiritualists sound very unapealing to me.Lifewithaddictionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02894503573848240312noreply@blogger.com