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Originally Posted by lycan  Possibility #1: Life is conditional. All "natural" means to sustain life fail eventualy. To attempt a supernatural means is therefore, at worst, just another dead end.
Possibility #2: Life is unconditional. No magic is necessary, but neither is anything else. |
Yes, yes, and #3: supernatural pursuits are escapist in nature, inherent distractions from living life.
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Originally Posted by lycan To say life is about living is to say nothing at all. |
It's too profound to put into words, which is why it comes across as "nothing."
If you must insist on a literal reading, then be satisfied that
life is about furthering life -- mere reproduction in non-human species, helping each other among human beings. Quote:
Originally Posted by lycan There is nothing else you can do with life other than live it. The only detour from living is dying! |
You're thinking in an Aristotelian manner: if/then, on/off...not subtle enough for "life" -- which is why a computer can never master the game of wei-chi while it can already beat human chess grandmasters. Remember, Buddhism is "the middle way," "a third path!"