How to overcome nihilism

how to overcome nihilism

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call up your nakama and go on a sea adventure to find the one piece

>ywn become famous for saying dude bro nuffin matters lmao

Ask and you shall receive. Ask God; we only ate the fruit of knowledge of good and evil, not the fruit of life.

Step 1: Switch to Colour

Nihilists can be ignored if they are taken seriously. It's actually the preferred method that people have for the problem.
Now, the only reason nihilists are taken care of is compassion. There are those who do not want you to be a nihilist, and they act on it. It's not the act that is the message, it's the compassion. Depressed people, especially those who thought their way into the pit, tend to miss that - or the importance of it. What you do to that compassion, does it matter?
Pascal's wager fits here as well.

You don't, you just ignore it and delude yourself. It's the only proven way. Nietzsche's project failed. Follow his example at your own peril

Ride the Tiger brah

You can't overcome it once and for all. If you think about Enlightenment as a continuum, your thinking practices will go from the fullness of Being to emptiness of Nothingness, akin to periodical paradigm shifts. Nothingness is simply the other side of Being. Just as soon as you think you have permanently established yourself in the real world, secure in the knowledge that everything is stable and durable, you find yourself in a world of appearances, repudiating everything you have hitherto thought to be true as mere semblance. Nihilation is inherent to the life of the mind.

Believe in the greatness of your own human spirit.

Get a gf

Clean your room

grow up

By embracing nihilism. Revel in the meaningless, make your home in this abyss, allow suffering to become your dearest friend, and awaken yourself to the notion that the search for meaning is a pathetic quest.

Nihilism is just a single slice of the Ultimate Truth and Reality.

I haven't even got over the fact of Autonomic systems that keeps us alive.

Nihilism can be reduced to materialism. Consider if idealism offers a more plausible model of reality. Spoiler alert: It does.

this for the time being like seriously

This, just ride it

If you aren't a materialist you have no reason to complain about religion

That's precisely the point. Once you realise idealism is true, religion becomes valuable again. If there is a god, your life is not pointless.

>Everything has returned. Sirius, and the spider, and thy thoughts at this moment, and this last thought of thine that all things will return.

That would be pretty comfy though.

only for overmen

>implying I'm the overman
Feels breddy gud mate.

The anteater or Nietzsche? Here's the info on the anteater:

openculture.com/2015/05/salvador-dali-takes-his-anteater-for-a-stroll-in-paris-1969.html

I overcame nhilism almost a year ago. Now I cant stop worrying about white genocide, ive become extremely racist - lost a few friends. When I believe nothing mattered it protected me from harsh realities. I could shrug it off like shit happens. But now I'm miserable. If you want to overcome nhilism be careful what you wish for.

>Now I cant stop worrying about white genocide
I actually can't wait for such a scenario. I find the prospect of race war in Europe extremely entertaining.

Wont be a war.

Then /pol/ needs to get its facts straight. This whole muh white race is too weak to survive big black cock shtick is an extremely beta fantasy.

Nihilism contradicts itself. If nothing is true, than neither is nihilism. Therefore, since nothing is true is false, then something must be true.

Its not black cock. Its that other races reproduce a lot more. Dont want to derail the thread.

what is the fruit of life and the deal with the tree of life in general? Is it just immortality?

not a philosophy-fag so can someone explain, is depression and feeling of hopelessness "Nihilism" or does it only apply to some philosophical movement?

>"nothing is worth doing, pursuing, preserving" contradicts itself
nah

Best post in thread.
>and awaken yourself to the notion that the search for meaning is a pathetic quest.
The search IS the quest. You make your own meaning with the experiences and information you take on while you live. You can point yourself in a particular "direction" by choosing the experiences and meaning you attribute to yourself. Don't get caught, user.

HAHAHA

Learn to goog such a simple query

>read fucking 10 paragraphs on wikipedia
no thanks I'll just keep asking till there's a yes or no answer :)

Recently read Laughing At Nothing by John Marmysz. It had some nice summaries of the historical development of nihilism in Germany, Russia and America and offers not so much a solution, but say a coping mechanism- more perspectives, more creativity, more thinking, humor and laughing or finding it funny.

It informed me of a lot of shit I'm prolly not gonna bother reading since I hate philosophical shopping lists of nonsense extended beyond what's reasonable, however the solution of the author, or, at least in the book, wasn't that satisfying. It's something, though.

Overcome yourself.

I hope no one helps you here and you learn to look shit up on your own and extract your own reasoning from what you read instead of expecting a Cambodian cartoon affiliate to do it for you. What, you can't digest information on your own so you shit up a LITERATURE board expecting others to explain simple concepts to you?

no thanks

auto-fellatio

Are you going to let some philosophical mumbo jumbo created by chriscucks to induce fear in you so you become their slave kill your primal instinct to survive and overcome? What a cuck
Set yourself some values and stick to them
Mine are: power, creativity, clarity, bravery, inteligence, beauty and freedom. Those are MINE values, they serve me

That wasn't a reply to anything that was said.
It's interesting to know that even if I did post the answer to your question that you aren't even capable of reading it.

yeah

bump

Go read Will to Power and see how.

Hedonism. Good feels feel good, bad feels feel bad, acquire good feels, avoid bad feels.

Anything else is ideology and will backfire and will leave you stranded in nihil land again.

Pretty much this. The human spirit, especially in men, thirsts for adventure.

>Hedonism.
Mental cowardice. Literally nothing more than people trying to find the fastest and quickest path to the reward chemicals in their brains.

That's all there is. Being in denial of this is true mental cowardice.

Quoting myself from an earlier thread:

>Nihilism is, to paraphrase Nietzsche, any philosophy or attitude which empties the world of value. This is of course very abstract, since "world" means different things to different people, but regardless of what it means, the definition remains the same - hence why different people attribute nihilism to different things. Nietzsche called Christianity a nihilistic religion, for example, while no Christian would agree with him and would call him a nihilist instead.

I recommend that you read more.

Christianity is the opposite of a nihilistic religion.

for you

>taking nietzsche's redefining of nihilism to suit his agenda seriously

eye bat ewe get yore definition of postmodernism from jordan peterson ass well

>Nietzsche called Christianity a nihilistic religion
Christianity and all the other Abrahamic religions entire purpose, is to give people hope, that after suffering the Hell that is their miserable lives, there will be heaven for them in the Afterlife. Abrahamic religions are anything but Nihilistic.

>implying everyone doesn't redefine concepts to suit their agendas
Nietzsche was even the precursor of this idea, it's called will to power.

>That's all there is. Being in denial of this is true mental cowardice.
No. The meaning of life, is that you are the temporary custodian of somebody else's genetics. Nothing more, nothing less. ''Hedonism'' is just Nihilism with pleasure.

>Implying humans don't make their own meaning from a meaningless existence

Take it up with him, not me. He wrote an entire book with the very purpose of deconstructing Christianity and exposing the nihilism he saw in it. A primary focus of his was the concept of pity and its role in the religion, which he saw as depressive and deflating of the natural instincts and inclinations towards power.

>somebody else's
Spooky. Genes don't have owners, organisms are just their manifestations.

You cannot overcome it. You can only react to it.

Nothing matters, so you get to choose things that matter to you personally.

Good question for the sub-80-IQ types who post on Veeky Forums.

No one here knows precisely what the term 'nihilism' even means -- which, of course, doesn't stop an army of drooling Down-Syndrome patients from rushing in and giving their "opinion" on the subject.

Fun to watch, but also sad. :(

>implying nihilism has a singular meaning

brainlet detected

Self-detection detected.

>No one here knows precisely what the term 'nihilism' even means
Then explain to us, oh wise one.

:(

There's no reason to?
One can pursue truth without conflating it with meaning. To be a philosopher or scientist is to embrace nihilism, for truth does not lie within the falsely perceived "given", it exists outside semantics and meaning.

Newsflash: it's a vague term.

E.g.1: so-called "Christians" were considered "Atheists/Nihilists" since they didn't acknowledge "the Gods".

E.g.2: Mereological "nihilists" reject compositional enities (i.e., "objects with proper parts do not exist").

Upshot: Veeky Forums is a place for people like you to 'shoot the shit' without consequence.

Active Nihilism

I realize I left this rather vague. I mean to say that it is possible to understand the meaninglessness of existence by further inquiry into cognition, and in doing so we make fundamental progression towards understanding the distinction between falsity and truth, appearance and reality, etc. Nihilism is the modern token of advancement. We're making progress.

In other words, you were 'trying out' as the local village Bullshit Artist and you failed.

Take a deep breath....

Now consider that your highest profession may indeed be Subway sandwich-maker.

Breathe out... and accept your fate.

I think the only issue with what I said was the last sentence, as I participated in meaningful aspiration having just denounced it to some degree. However, that was meant light-heartedly. What is wrong with the rest?

Did you literally post the original question "how to overcome nihilism?"

No. Not sure who did.

Right.

this

Really wish you faggots would read some Nietzsche before asking this (stupid) question. Nihilism is the defining event of modernity, when all highest values begin to devalue themselves. This is not something that must be overcome, rather, it lays the foundation for one's liberation. You could even forget about the word value altogether if you want; think about care instead--what do you care about, every day? What do you structure your life around? This is your God, and if you don't choose wisely, it will completely destroy you.

Master Eckhart talks about liberation as wanting nothing, not even the knowledge of god/the unknowable. Akin to Buddhist detachment, the idea is to live one's life so that if death were to come at any moment, you would be ready to die. Of course, most of us are nowhere near this kind of attitude, which is why it requires daily practice: thought, meditation. Basically, sort yourself out. Seriously. Delete social media, stop watching porn/fapping, take psychedelics, go for walks/hikes, pick up a skill--learn how to "be."

Your suffering in the face of meaninglessness, and you desire to leave it behind, is meaningful. So you have a mission, act on it.

Pursuing women is one solution. During the act you will stop having existential thoughts. If course they will resume as soon as you nut but no solution is perfect.

I agree with u m8. It seems that it is only meant to be or a small part of population considering that most people are not and will not be able to look at the world around them.

Yes, become nice and docile. NICE and DOCILE.

Books to overcome nihilism?

Start with the greeks.
It will never be overcome, you just learn to ignore it.

Crime and punishment is perfect

It could be argued that consciousness arose from the tree of knowledge of good and evil. Therefore the tree of life would be those things we are utterly oblivious to (in some sense), but which are necessary to us.

>Now I cant stop worrying about white genocide

I really don't understand why Veeky Forums nerds think they have a stake in this. Most of Veeky Forums's base are autistic runts of society consuming anime and comic books, so why associate with (nazi) groups who would despise you? It's like nerds thinking that sucking Chad's cock will make he a bro.

You're outcasts with body pillows, this ain't your fight.

I'm not depressed(I admit I have been in the past), and I'm a nihilist. I don't think depression is inherent to Nihilism. Why does there have to be meaning for people to be content?

create values and meaning

To see no meaning is to lack perspective. There's a void in a nihilist. They don't need to see it, it devours their surroundings.
Your body is the temple of God. It rings true regardless of your presumed truth values for any modifier, be it (you), (body), (God)...

How to overcome anxiety and depression?

Change your perspective. Psychedelics and religion work better than ideology.

Lol, nice leap of logic. What is your alternative, some kind of infantile protest? Anyone with any knowledge of human history knows that humans are pretty much fucked. Best thing to do is improve your life so that you can improve the lives of others.

If you agree that there is a reason behind anxiety and depression i.e. they are caused by something then perhaps then you can deal with the "root of the problem". Don't worry user, its going to be ok.

so pragmatism?

gr8 thread cured my depression

Seek medical help. I wouldn't listen to the guy who suggested psychedelics or religion. You must remember that both anxiety and depression are mental phenomena. They are not embedded within the linguistic-meaning structure some people make them out to be. They lie outside and determine the ways in which people process information. To think you can change your life within the superficiality of our historically conditioned socio-linguistic ability to conceptualize things you're being ignorant. Even if a particular situation causes the depression to begin (ex: wife leaving you) it isn't simply the actuality of this causing a mental state; it was first your predisposition of processing information, which differs brain to brain, that made you susceptible to depression under the right circumstances (i.e., in this case, expiration of a particular constant). Again, I'd suggest seeking medical help, and stay away from psychedelics unless you're certain they will interact well with your brain and bring about positive states.

I like to talk about Albert Camus' aspirations in the field of soccer and how he adopted a philosophy of absurdism to move past nihilism after he accepted his dreams would never be realized