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  1. The Transcended Omniverse

    We cannot choose to have meaning in our lives

    Many people would say that a meaningful life is all about our way of thinking. That for your life to be worth living, all it requires is a change of thinking. That it is our way of thinking that dictates whether our lives have meaning or not. But this is not the case and I am going to explain...
  2. The Transcended Omniverse

    Question about near death experiences

    Many people would say that the brain releases a flood of endorphins which creates feelings of bliss during ndes. But if this were the case, then why are there people who report hellish ndes and ndes with unpleasant features? If ndes were really a brain phenomenon, then we shouldn't see that...
  3. The Transcended Omniverse

    What is heaven like?

    I do not value any spiritual learning, growing, or developing. I only value being happy and having no misery in my life. So my only reason for staying here in this life and not ending my life is because it may be my only way to the eternal blissful afterlife I value so much if it even exists.
  4. The Transcended Omniverse

    What is heaven like?

    Now I am agnostic. I do not know if there is a heaven or not. But if there is, then what is it like? Is it an eternal blissful life that has no misery and no suffering? If so, then that is the life worth living to me and I will stick around in this life and bear through any suffering and...
  5. The Transcended Omniverse

    The Move Away From Materialism

    I would like to ask something here. You said that we know that the brain produces consciousness. How do we know? There is the materialistic model of the brain and then there is the filter model of the brain. The filter model of the brain is where the brain is a receiver. But how do you know...
  6. The Transcended Omniverse

    Life is all about your own personal experiences

    Life is all about our experiences. If it weren't for conscious experience in the first place, then we wouldn't even be alive. Even if you were to not focus on yourself and your personal experiences in life such as focusing on someone else and living for them, then even that in of itself is an...
  7. The Transcended Omniverse

    Hedonists vs non-hedonists

    This was the very message I was trying to get at with all my complaining. You have gotten the wrong message with all my complaining. It's not that I am in love with my self-pity and wish to live for self-pity. It is instead that I don't wish to live such a life and I can have death anytime I...
  8. The Transcended Omniverse

    Hedonists vs non-hedonists

    I don't get what I want. I don't get the life I want and need to live in order to make my life worth living. I have depresssion and anhedonia. Life doesn't give me what I want. However, this is actually an illusion since I can, in fact, get what I want. As long as I have to live with...
  9. The Transcended Omniverse

    Hedonists vs non-hedonists

    How am I boring?
  10. The Transcended Omniverse

    Hedonists vs non-hedonists

    Alright, I will actually agree with what you said here.
  11. The Transcended Omniverse

    Hedonists vs non-hedonists

    I agree. Depression is suffering to me. Since depression is worthless to me, then it makes my life worthless. As long as I don't have my feelings of happiness and enjoyment, then that is a life not worth living at all. If anyone struggles with treatment resistant depression and/or treatment...
  12. The Transcended Omniverse

    Hedonists vs non-hedonists

    There are two sets of people. Those who have a need for growth and development. They value suffering, depression, and growth of character. They have no need for feelings of happiness and enjoyment. Other things are able to bring joy and meaning to their lives. These are non-hedonists. Then...
  13. The Transcended Omniverse

    Why are we allowed to suffer?

    Now there are those people who value suffering here on Earth and wish to grow and learn from it. However, there are people like me who only wish to live forever happy and not have any depression or suffering in our lives. Why have such people like me who don't value a life of suffering to be...
  14. The Transcended Omniverse

    Why are we allowed to suffer?

    The fact is, I can make up any story about reality. I could say that the reason why we are here and suffer is because there is a hell and that the energy from hell has our souls trapped here on Earth like a magnet holding our souls down and that the only way to release us from this pull to get...
  15. The Transcended Omniverse

    Why are we allowed to suffer?

    You're right. It just makes it wrong to me (and others like me). But some people value suffering and it's not wrong to them. Also, I think you are wrong there. If I were to live an eternal blissful afterlife of no suffering, then I would have all the joy in the world.
  16. The Transcended Omniverse

    Why are we allowed to suffer?

    Because people say that there is an eternal blissful afterlife (heaven) and I see no reason for us to be here and suffer when we can be born up there. Also, if this God does have the power to keep us from suffering and to make our lives an eternal blissful one, then this is no God at all. A...
  17. The Transcended Omniverse

    Why are we allowed to suffer?

    Everything. I have struggled with depression and my life has lost all joy and meaning. You don't realize just how much my life has been taken away from me.
  18. The Transcended Omniverse

    Why are we allowed to suffer?

    I am asking this question if there really is an eternal blissful afterlife. I personally am agnostic and don't know if there is a God and an afterlife. But if there is an eternal blissful afterlife, then why aren't we all born up there where we can live forever happy and not have any suffering...
  19. The Transcended Omniverse

    No reason for our existence

    I am only here to get what I want in life. That is, an eternal blissful life. If I don't get that, then I am not even going to bother living for anyone or anything else. I will just give up on life completely.
  20. The Transcended Omniverse

    No reason for our existence

    I personally find that a time limit on this Earth restricts my freedom and makes me miserable. If such a time limit were removed and I could live forever and be forever happy, then I would be completely free. I would finally be free to live, have joy, and enjoy my life all I want for all...
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