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All all of our lives both yours and mine fall into the uncaring game of the two properties that is Hedonism and fear. Fear say that's a greater grasp on our lives than hedonism want an example? What is life? Is it not to avoid death at any cost necessary? Why so? Because we fear losing it. I don't know the name of the other hand occurs in our lives consciously or unconsciously. When you wake up, do not extend on your comfortable bed and why so? Is it not keep on savoring the pleasure that you get from sleeping?
You sleep at times even when you're not supposed to and you eat sustenance when you should but question this, where does it lie? Another question that I have is can you truly survive or gone for a full day that falling into the clutches of hedonism and fear. No I know you make bodacious claims that you can but trust me you won't make it past 10 minutes without failing.
The reason why you want to be able to succeed is because your humanity is corrupted. The reason for your corruption is due to the impurities intentionally placed by hedonism so that you may fail. A good example of this is politicians. They get big statuses wealth power basically the whole thing for an easy life and that is basically hedonism. Hedonism now acting along with fear you may notice that they are quite adamant in losing their power so they resort to any card they may have on their deck.
Whether lying on moral or immoral grounds provided it gets the job done, they do not care. It's not just politicians people drowning in fame forcing the people in the middle and lower echelons to strive for the same. Should I ask you what do you want in life, will you not blindly state that you want money, love, wealth, power or anything else to help your life in being easier.
Why would you not say, a normal life with absolutely nothing outstanding with it? It is thought that these two principles are naturally integrated into the mind of any intellectual being. For basic survival, fear covers that but for more let's hedonism taking over your life. Even the slightest actions that you take never fail to lack these two principles.
I haven't focused much on fear because I too haven't quite gotten a good grasp on it to understand it's principles and what makes it tick. Have you ever noticed that you simply cannot pass a single day without feeling nothing. You have to exhibit some form of emotion that the world forces you to show. The world falling under the guidance of hedonism and fear forces you to give out your expressions by manipulating your emotions and placing you in certain scenarios that are clearly unpleasant or complicated to determine the moves that you will make.
Though I do find it quite unfair that we have to play this game without our consent, we have to play it whether we like it or not. I'm not here to tell you how to oppose it as if you ever had the opportunity rather informing you that you live a puppet's life. No control over your life, remove when needed by being placed in very complicated situations and Express the emotions for what purpose I do not know. Should you fail to play the role that you have to, say fail to exhibit emotions, the world will simply try harder to derive it out of you.
However I am aware that none of you will be able to connect this so I'll move on. Maybe try and opposing it by coming up with means to counter it as I have already with my own. I'm no Greek philosopher but from my understanding, life is the complicated experience of emotions which rely on the complicated series of events that you experience during your existence and your choice will determine and how it moves on.
Should you try and suppress emotions, you will only fail as it is already impossible to server your emotions. Any loophole's possible into escaping this game has already been predetermined and countered by the two principles. Also the struggle to actually do this will only result in repercussions for yourself so trying to oppose is not an option.
Another explanation that I was able to come up with regarding life based on emotions is that life is the experience of situations based on how you react to them regarding your emotions. Though I am aware of already telling you any of this is a product of direct manipulation bye hedonism as we converse. I am quite eager to hear your opinions on this topic so feel free to tell me.
These principles apply to all regardless of their age gender experience in life that they have or whatsoever. Playing with this idea may explain why I chose one of Andrew's traits to be bland most of the time but it does crumble when he is around the people he actually cares about such as Ashley.
For those who didn't know, hedonism is the way in which people prioritize as pleasure being the most important thing in life and the said people,they'll try to achieve it through any means possible though I could be wrong but that is the basis of the word.
[{Second phase}]
I always wondered why a person cannot lose his or her emotions for very long time but as we humans the way we like to judge and be condenscending with the environment around us, according to what our standards have to say regarding about it. The very basis of forming an opinion based off what you think is usually expressed in the form of an emotion which then results to the wobble forms and then finally actions.
Usually opinions happens subconsciously without our choosing that suppressing such an action is impossible and could be the reason why we cannot suppress our emotions. An example should you see a person doing something,you may term it as either commendable or ridiculous in your regular day.
Another example it's about fashion wear. Should you be forced to wear something your standards do not approve, it's quite expected that you'll change into something else and why? Because you may feel fear from wearing what you were suggested to wear. The two principles still apply here. Is it because you fear not fitting in with your peers or is it because of the hedonism of being the best.
From this assessment it is clear that the root of all of this is fear as I had stated earlier which in your mind may raise concern which your brain interprets without you knowing as an opinion thus resulted as an emotion. The two principles working in hand will trigger your system into changing your clothes into something you approve of.
As expected from once the unpredictable now predictable principles if you view from this perspective of hedonism and fear is control. I am aware that control is the epitome of luxury and luxury is Hedonism but with this understanding you may gain control and you are able to counter the two domineering effects to an extent.
The saying of fighting fire with fire does apply. But that does mean that you can't counter it fully. I wouldn't tell you to kill yourself because that would mean submission not to mention you would be unable to do so so let's continue. It's because of this that people try to control their emotions but on different grounds than I think they should.
I am aware that what I'm saying isn't exactly what you want to hear but I don't exactly like the principle of sugar coating it so I'm going to say it as brutally honest as I can. I'm simply helping you in achieving self-awareness. You may ask what are the benefits of maintaining soberity I'm being self-aware.
It's a matter of how you view it, it can have benefits and it can have it's moment where you feel that what you're trying to do has no goal or aim insight to which I may at times be forced to agree with you. Blindly following the principles may have its benefits and flaws.
To a mild extent, the principle of hedonism may help you or at least make you think that it helps you in making your life better but in high levels can result to unwanted repercussions. An example, greed the simply the overdose of need for materialism, there's addiction for drugs, lust for primal urges and many other more. Should you see a problem that you or someone else be facing in their lives, is it as a result of being blindly led by hedonism.
That's why I'm not so focused on popularity as that classifies as fame which is on the path of hedonism.