Fundamental advice required
July 11, 2007 8:06 AM Subscribe
How do you deal with the death of a vision? If a certain set of assumptions dealing with the nature of humanity and man's innate goodness underpin the framework of a philosophy, which, when put into practice - call it a prototype - dies a horrible death, breaks into fragments, frame by frame, where do you begin to come to terms with it?
Heartbreak is easy, there's tons of material out there. But heartbreak doesn't require one to rebuild from scratch one's value system or one personal philosophy of life. Or at least look at it again, with a magnifying glass. This is soulbreak. Its the crash of an identity or is that going to far? Is it seperate from one's "self", the self constructed identity we all create for ourselves, where our touchstones, our ethics, our morals, our character and our integrity are founded. And if an entire way of approaching humankind crashes, because it was based on a certain philosophy, does it mean that only the construction or the applied framework was incorrectly designed or does it imply that the entire concept, vision or philosophy is incorrect?
Heartbreak is easy, there's tons of material out there. But heartbreak doesn't require one to rebuild from scratch one's value system or one personal philosophy of life. Or at least look at it again, with a magnifying glass. This is soulbreak. Its the crash of an identity or is that going to far? Is it seperate from one's "self", the self constructed identity we all create for ourselves, where our touchstones, our ethics, our morals, our character and our integrity are founded. And if an entire way of approaching humankind crashes, because it was based on a certain philosophy, does it mean that only the construction or the applied framework was incorrectly designed or does it imply that the entire concept, vision or philosophy is incorrect?
This post was deleted for the following reason: Your question is really kind of hazy and broad and unclear as written, infini; this sounds more like a philosophy discussion invite than a problem to be solved.
Don't let one event crash your vision, that's too easy. But also, do not hold on too tightly to one particular vision, that's a little harder. Stuff just evolves, let it, watch it.
posted by DarkForest at 8:23 AM on July 11, 2007
posted by DarkForest at 8:23 AM on July 11, 2007
I believe you answered your own question:
Q: where do you begin to come to terms with it?
A: rebuild from scratch one's value system or one personal philosophy of life.
Assumptions can be wrong. When they are revealed to be wrong, those mistaken assumptions should be replaced. Assumptions that were once correct can become wrong as conditions change. As DarkForest says, stuff evolves. The trick is for your beliefs to evolve as well.
posted by Fuzzy Monster at 8:28 AM on July 11, 2007
Q: where do you begin to come to terms with it?
A: rebuild from scratch one's value system or one personal philosophy of life.
Assumptions can be wrong. When they are revealed to be wrong, those mistaken assumptions should be replaced. Assumptions that were once correct can become wrong as conditions change. As DarkForest says, stuff evolves. The trick is for your beliefs to evolve as well.
posted by Fuzzy Monster at 8:28 AM on July 11, 2007
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A. I find telling existentialist jokes helps.posted by Aloysius Bear at 8:18 AM on July 11, 2007