Why Are You Whining About the Meaninglessness of Life?

Why Are You Whining About the Meaninglessness of Life?

Source: Delusion Damage

In "The Matrix", Morpheus asks Neo "have you ever had a dream that you were so sure was real? What if you were unable to wake from that dream – how could you tell the difference between the dream world and the real world?"

There's a whole metaphor there about reality and delusion et cetera and it's been done to death by everyone who thinks they're a smart guy on the internets, but almost nobody understands the flipside of this coin and asks the counterpart question, which is what I'm going to ask you now:

Have you ever had a dream where you realized you were dreaming while you were still dreaming?

Some people never have, some people have on occasion, and to some people (like the undersigned) it happens all the time. This post will probably be easier for you and give you more if you have some experience of what I'm talking about, but if you don't I'm going to walk you through it and you can probably follow just fine. It's not a contest or an achievement to lord over anybody.

Imagine (or remember) that you're dreaming, and things are happening in the dream, and you suddenly find yourself becoming aware of the fact that you are dreaming. How does that make you feel? What's your reaction? What do you "do" in the dream once your know it's a dream?

The first and most obvious realization you have at that point should be that nothing in the dream means anything or is of any consequence – it's all just stuff your unconscious brain made up and as soon as you wake up it'll be like it never was.

Nothing in the dream can really hurt you, and there's nothing to really achieve. Nothing can be won or lost through your actions because it's just a dream.

The only reason you could possibly have to take any action at all is to have a more pleasant dreaming experience. Nothing "matters" in the slightest, because the dream consists of nothing at all except your experience of the dream.

To realize this in a dream is awesome. There's nothing to fear and everything to play with. You're free to run around and find exciting things to drive or fight or have sex with – it's better than any video game. It's pretty much better than anything 99% of people ever get to do while they're awake. There is basically nothing about the realization that it's all meaningless and nothing matters that isn't 100% pure awesome.

But when people have the same realization while awake… oh boy, do they take it hard and become whiny bitches. "Boo hoo, my life has no purpose, my work means nothing, no one will remember me when I'm dead and I'm pretty sure no one even cares now!"

Well, hello from customer service, excuse me sir but where's the fucking problem?

You just had the most liberating experience it's possible for a human being to have in this dreamstate we call "life", and instead of enjoying your new-found freedom to the fullest and experiencing this "life" dream for everything it has to offer, you are sitting there crying like your Playstation just broke.

What the fuck is wrong with you?

Edited by: Lawyer Asad