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What is your reason to be?

NamelessRiverNamelessRiver Veteran
edited January 2010 in General Banter
What is your reason to be?

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  • RenGalskapRenGalskap Veteran
    edited October 2009
    Yet as man sees through one reason for living, another wells from the mysterious spring. It must be so, because he continues to exist.
    —The Aristos, by John Fowles
  • TheFoundTheFound
    edited November 2009
    to play the game baby...play the game..:p
  • federicafederica Seeker of the clear blue sky... Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt Moderator
    edited November 2009
    ....or not-to be...that is the question......
  • ValentorgValentorg New
    edited November 2009
    NamelessRiver wrote: »
    What is your reason to be?

    I have many reasons if I sit and think about it.
    But most of the time just because.
    Why does one need a reason to be? Why not just be?
  • fivebellsfivebells Veteran
    edited November 2009
    Buddhist practice leads to not-being.
  • dogsbollocksdogsbollocks
    edited November 2009
    To have been.
  • Tokyo_RoseTokyo_Rose
    edited November 2009
    My reason to be is my hamsters.
    My being here is to look after hamsters *tucks them all under my wing* :p
    I don't care what anyone says. Nothing can bring me the kind of happiness they do :o


    *it was an excuse just to say the word HAMSTER again* :rolleyes:
  • ThoughtOfThoughtThoughtOfThought
    edited November 2009
    You're misunderstanding the concept of "being". First of all, the very nature of the universe is continuous arising and cessation. Truthfully, not even the buddha knew why things arise. He just knew that they did.

    Second, you're misunderestanding the concept of "you". I'll leave with a question: Just who are you?
  • KikujiroKikujiro
    edited November 2009
    federica wrote: »
    ....or not-to be...that is the question......

    Sorry couldn't help it. lol
    To be or not to be, that is not the question
    Thich Nhat Hanh
  • msmedusamsmedusa
    edited November 2009
    Kikujiro wrote: »
    Sorry couldn't help it. lol

    Thich Nhat Hanh


    wow! I love that..
  • Tokyo_RoseTokyo_Rose
    edited November 2009
    To chew, or not to chew. That is the Holly :lol:
  • thesadclownthesadclown
    edited December 2009
    I don't know. Sometimes I think it is to care for my family, and sometimes I think I don't have/don't need a reason. Perhaps my reason is for my own entertainment. It's all rather muddled.
  • MrsCoganMrsCogan
    edited December 2009
    I've never understood the question about the purpose of life. Sometimes it seems like an infection given to you by someone who wants to sell you the cure.

    I don't have any purpose or reason to be. I laugh, eat, sleep, cry, wash dishes and make a pretty good sweet potato pie. Why? What's the point? Because stuff is funny, I get hungry, sleepy, sad, need a clean fork and the store was out of pumpkin.
  • MarmaladeMarmalade
    edited December 2009
    To observe.

    To observe the observer.

    And then to observe without observing.

    (Don't you hate when people answer questions with paradoxes?) :)
  • KundoKundo Sydney, Australia Veteran
    edited December 2009
    I honestly have no idea, but ya know, I've finally accepted that, and it's ok :D
  • MagwangMagwang Veteran
    edited December 2009
    "To be is to do" -Socrates
    "To do is to be" -Sartre
    "Do Be Do Be Do" -Sinatra
  • jovialpranksterjovialprankster
    edited December 2009
    MrsCogan wrote: »
    I've never understood the question about the purpose of life. Sometimes it seems like an infection given to you by someone who wants to sell you the cure.

    Oh, I like that! Well said :)
  • federicafederica Seeker of the clear blue sky... Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt Moderator
    edited December 2009
    I think that, given the Buddha himself told us what an extraordinary coincidence it is that we are born into the Human Realm, if we do need a reason to be, that reason is to be the best Human we can be.
    And in having found the Triple gem, do the best we can, with the best tools we've got.
  • Floating_AbuFloating_Abu Veteran
    edited December 2009
    fivebells wrote: »
    Buddhist practice leads to not-being.

    :rolleyes:
  • Floating_AbuFloating_Abu Veteran
    edited December 2009
    the sad clown wrote: »
    I don't know. Sometimes I think it is to care for my family, and sometimes I think I don't have/don't need a reason. Perhaps my reason is for my own entertainment. It's all rather muddled.

    That's an honest response, thanks.

    Best wishes.
  • PalzangPalzang Veteran
    edited December 2009
    Is this a trick question?

    Palzang
  • federicafederica Seeker of the clear blue sky... Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt Moderator
    edited January 2010
    aren't they all...? ;)
  • SimonthepilgrimSimonthepilgrim Veteran
    edited January 2010
    Palzang wrote: »
    Is this a trick question?

    Palzang


    ......and we gave up turning tricks some time ago, I think, Palzang my brother LOL
  • PalzangPalzang Veteran
    edited January 2010
    Well, except for magic ones...

    Happy New Year, Brother Simon and Fede and everyone!

    Palzang
  • martinlawrencemartinlawrence
    edited January 2010
    To be - To eat drink and be merry
    Not to be - I don't know
  • JeffreyJeffrey Veteran
    edited January 2010
    to make the best of it... nobody asked me if I want to be
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