>being me >searching for philosophical books that help ENJOYING the present >going on Veeky Forums. >no answer >posting again >still sitting and searching >ironical cause wanted to learn how to enjoy time >starting to feel really frustrated >feeling like a faggot
HEEEELP could you recommend smthg? anyone?
Jose Wilson
/fitlit/ here to save the day
Parker Adams
philosophy is not self-help for your weak mind. Go read the power of now if you need some trite feel-good vacuity.
David Lee
>>feeling like a faggot That's probably because you're actually a faggot, user. Stop posting frogs and your pathetic life will be a tad less pathetic. End your life and your parents' life will be even better; Veeky Forums will slightly improve, too.
Aaron Mitchell
Eat your goddamn fibers and lay of those damning carbohydrates.
Alexander Davis
maps of meaning by jordan peterson
Nathan Morgan
seems like a list on how to be a self-help douche (speaking from experience)
Ayden Bailey
>maps of meaning that actually looks pretty interesting.
Jose Stewart
self-help books are a fuckin joke
help yourself by being what you want to be, asshole. make the change now instead of reading about it
Austin Reed
i got you fellow Veeky Forumsizen
Man's Search for Meaning, by Viktor Frankl, first and foremost. Read this if nothing else here. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, by Robert Pirsig Meditations, by Marcus Aurelius Tao Te Ching, by Lao Tzu The Book on the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are by Alan Watts The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink Modern Man in Search of a Soul by Carl Jung
is pretty decent but it might be a lot denser text than what you are looking for. If you're feeling less adventurous, check out Joseph Campbell's work but Peterson does a much more comprehensive look into the personal metanarrative.
Hope this helps.
Gabriel Morales
Eckhart Tolle: the Power of Now, if you can't free download then start with YouTube. fastest path is his cd: Through the Open Door.
Connor James
Not OP. I tried reading his book and I just didn't get it. It all seemed like mystical mumbo jumbo to me and I couldn't understand it, though I wanted to.
Juan Smith
Mindfulness in plain English The war of art The hero with a thousand faces The way of the superior man
Landon Martinez
Don't listen to that guy, he is a troll
Ayden Price
Everything in this thread is a meme desu. They won't actually help you. Only a shotgun to the head will.
Justin Roberts
>The way of the superior man "she wants to know your dark side" >get told she never wants to see you again and blocked on social media fun times
Hunter Cruz
The Tao of Pooh
Evan Ramirez
Thanks user! Upboat
Carson Kelly
>broscience How does it feel to have a brain the size of a peanut?
Nicholas Rodriguez
Read the Bhagavad Gita, it is the summary of all Vedic wisdom.
What you're looking for is happiness in the moment, not enjoyment.
Owen Thomas
This made me a better person.
Oliver Ross
Hegel's lectures on aesthetics have given more appreciation for life than any other philosophy
Adam King
lmao so fucking bad. Veeky Forums can be Veeky Forums but Veeky Forums can not into Veeky Forums no matter how hard they try
Luke Brown
peterson is not a great writer, that book feels over-edited and i think he even recognized it at some point
still a nice read and some section are great, it's well referenced too so it can always be used as a starting point to go deeper
Colton Green
>"she wants to know your dark side" >>get told she never wants to see you again and blocked on social media it only works if you have a square jaw, sorry
David Ortiz
You might be able to convince my gf to cheat on me, but you still have absolutely irredeemable taste in lit you pleb.
I don't have a gf.
Xavier Kelly
You already are yourself, you can't improve on that
Camden Edwards
the ego and its own by max stirner
Nicholas Cook
isn't improving spooky?
Ayden Scott
If you want enjoying the present, Camus is your man. The closing essays in Myth of Sisyphus, Exile and the Kingdom, A Happy Death, and even his unfinished A First Man would do you well. Camus absolutely loved life and despite his reputation as an edgelord his works truly show appreciation for life.