Saturday, September 09, 2006

lets do a serious post...

The question is, what do i want out of life?
In the long run, I want to go to heaven...
In the short run, I want to go hand in hand with the devil, no i want the devil to take inspiration from me...

Well not really, i'm not a bad guy...yes i do have devilish desires...i'd like to drink, and party...fuck around...i envy the playboy dude, and the hustler and the penthouse dudes...but i don't really want to harm anyone...no looting, plundering, killing, terrorizing...where does that put me? I'd help people if i had the resources, but i expect to get something in return...

I think every deed is driven by selfish desires. It's just the desires that may not be selfish. I know that doesn't quite make sense. What i mean to say is, if i desire to make people happy and to like me, and i go out of my way to achieve that, am i not just fulfilling a selfish desire. To everyone else it may sound like a selfless act, but if it gives me pleasure and satisfaction, a good night's sleep, peace of mind...am i not just being selfish? If I were an emotionless person, if i was not affected by what people thought of me, or how they felt, would I still go out of my way to do a favor?

Maybe my definition of 'selfish' is messed up...

3 comments:

  1. universal truths. there is a difference between selfishness and rationality.

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  2. or maybe i should clarify, the universal truths are absolute things in the world that are defined to be good or bad. i imagine the reason they're called absolute, is because there's no way to argue out logically, given the limited knowledge and wisdom we have, whether or not they're selfish or not, but if we assume that these universal truths exist, and the entire universe is designed to support certain behaviour, then we assume that some things that give us selfless pleasure, not at the cost of others, is a Good Thing, and there are certain pleasures that are detrimental to ourselves (in the long run). as for heaven, well, it's still my 1st priority contingency plan. for my sake i hope it exists, cos if it isn't, i want a refund :)

    honestly though, even if it doesn't exist, I really don't see any great sacrifice to my lifestyle anytime soon. maybe it's because i'm the sort of person who would rather not do something at all, unless i did it right.

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  3. very interesting...so i guess my definition was messed up...
    as for heaven not existing...that would make hell pointless, and the whole universal truth system falls apart...yeah i want my 70 virgins or a return trip to vegas :P

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