In Which we Discuss the Philosophy of Carmen

[xaara]

I should be a philosopher.

I mean, seriously. I love thinking about things that make no sense to me or to anyone else in the world, and I figure it's better to be a philosopher than a monk, so there you go. I just concluded a lengthy conversation with a good friend of mine during the course of which we became increasingly curious about various aspects of the universe such as the afterlife and infinity, neither of which we claim to understand. It doesn't make sense that life would just stop after death, but it also doesn't really make sense that it would go on. If you're unconscious of what's happening to you after you're dead, then is it really happening? And if the universe goes on forever, then where does it end, because nothing goes on forever, especially not anything that has to do with life.

I want to take death for a test run. Of course, before I expand upon that I should say that I have absolutely no desire to die and that I'm quite happy in my life. No slashed wrists on this end. It's more of a case of wanting to know my options before I die so I can make some sort of informed decision. Maybe I'm going about this all wrong. Maybe I'm thinking about this in way too Catholic a way. Maybe it's a lot less rigid than that; maybe it's just...I don't know--there.

Maybe I just talk to myself too much.

But it's something I can't help thinking about--it fascinates me like nothing with a definite answer ever can, really. Huh.

Comments

[lady-of-winter.livejournal.com]

You and my brother both should start a society of Modern Philosophers (Under Age 25 Who Do Have Lives, Thank You, But Just Feel Like Thinking Deeply). ^_^

As for your death-related thoughts- they make sense to me, but that's perhaps I'm just strange? ^_^;

[xaara.livejournal.com]

Oh, we definitely should. (But who says we have lives?) ;) And the million dollar question is, of course, does he Think Deep Thoughts and then scribble about them on LJ?

They actually make more sense to me as I look at them again--I think it was just the spur-of-the-moment conversation that fired me up and had me asking questions all over the place without really stopping to understand what I was asking.

[lady-of-winter.livejournal.com]

Oh, yes, he scribbles about them on LJ. XD

(Well, as for having lives...ah, we'll just ignore that point for now.)

They do make sense. :3 Questions all over the place are better than none at all, anyway.

[blancwene.livejournal.com]

You think utterly too deeply some times, Carm. ;)

Oh, I know what you mean - sometimes, I wish that I could test things about death, like you would car models. Try out ways of passing over, etc, etc. Bleh. It'd make decisions much easier concerning a lot of things.

(but obviously would not affect my ability to form incoherent sentences.)

[xaara.livejournal.com]

Tell me about it. I singlehandedly support the anti-headache drug market. You know how Subway has Jared? Well Ibuprofen should have Carmen. ;)

Those sentences were coherent! (At least, they were just as coherent as mine and therefore lucid enough. ;) ) And I agree with what you're saying completely. Death is the one thing you know is going to happen sooner or later, so of course (considering the inherent irony of the universe) it's also the one thing you don't really know anything about. :P