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Originally posted by HalitoseWe are always going home.
A journey requires a destination.
Originally posted by HalitoseI disagree. It seems to me that experience of the journey is enough, and there need be no destination. Even if you called death the destination, it is only the cessation of the journey and unimportant to the experience of travelling.
A journey requires a destination.
Originally posted by HalitoseIt's an experience. I don't know how to explain it. Don't you ever just feel happy? Are you so super-cerebral you can't relate to what I'm saying intuitively?
We both agree that there are many things that cause happiness. I think you should be the one who explains how it can be uncaused.
Originally posted by HalitoseNot true. A journey only aquires a destination after the journey is complete. Untill then it is only an intended destination. If you plan to go somewhere but dont get there does it mean that you never went on a journey?
A journey requires a destination.
Originally posted by twhitehead[/b][/b]A journey only aquires(sic) a destination after the journey is complete. Untill(sic) then it is only an intended destination.
Not true. A journey only aquires a destination after the journey is complete. Untill then it is only an intended destination. If you plan to go somewhere but dont get there does it mean that you never went on a journey?
[b]For some, the search for truth (and meaning) should be a never-ending quest (which btw, is an oxymoron) -- the free wind of inquiry ow the answer and it is that we there is no meaning to our existence or purpose in our design.
Originally posted by StarrmanThen frankly, it's not a journey. If there is no destination, there is no direction. If there is no direction then there is no movement.
I disagree. It seems to me that experience of the journey is enough, and there need be no destination. Even if you called death the destination, it is only the cessation of the journey and unimportant to the experience of travelling.
Originally posted by Bosse de NageIn my (cerebral) experience, it is always caused. You sure you are not confusing contentment with happiness?
It's an experience. I don't know how to explain it. Don't you ever just feel happy? Are you so super-cerebral you can't relate to what I'm saying intuitively?
Originally posted by HalitoseI am not confusing anything with anything. I am talking about happiness...bliss...which I have experienced on a few occasions, although not as often as I'd have liked. --Does your cerebrum like being in charge? Is it properly connected to your heart?
In my (cerebral) experience, it is always caused. You sure you are not confusing contentment with happiness?
Originally posted by HalitoseNonsense, you don't define the journey by its finish point and you certainly don't define the direction of it by that either. Knowing where you are going and getting there are different things; my journey has no known finish point, but it is a journey nonetheless and one which has meaning, since I experience upon the journey and seek out new places. As I said before, the search for meaning is enough meaning in itself.
Then frankly, it's not a journey. If there is no destination, there is no direction. If there is no direction then there is no movement.