#55460 - 06/03/11 10:28 PM
Re: What is your Purpose in life?
[Re: Goliath]
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Hegesias
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Registered: 02/16/11
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Let your oponent graze your skin and you smash into his flesh; let him smash into your flesh and you fracture his bones; let him fracture your bones and you take his life! Do not be concerned with your escaping safely, lay your life before him!"— Tao of Jeet Kune Do Bruce Lee
Conjecture.
Self-preservation takes no effort whatsoever if one is expressing the will to power in full swing. Why? Because how can one exude might if he is weak and ill preserved in mind, I don't feel the words "self preservation" speak of any power but of meekness. As if one would rather back down than fight as if to immediately think "preserve myself" removing oneself from the events, being disengaged even for a moment and therefore off sync and out of focus. Don't think, feel.
The will to power exudes virility and strength, self preservation is an effect of this expression as without the will to power man would not last long. Thinking about self preservation is only a fixation in the mind, holding on to what he has, self preservation is a fixation of fear.
What say others.
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#57623 - 07/27/11 02:15 AM
Re: What is your Purpose in life?
[Re: Damis]
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C4NE
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Registered: 07/26/11
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We must be the seed that we plant in our Minds, its the Acorn that must become a Oak Tree! I love that metaphor...
I am new to this whole LPH, But the more I study about it. The More I truly believe in it. Its the power of will...
When I was younger, I always put other people before me, Thinking its going make me a better Person, But F*** that now. All I care about is improving myself to become the Best I can Be!
I am on the search for knowledge, to make my Oak Tree roots grow stronger onto a foundation I can be proud of!!
i love this line...
" One cannot fear Death, only the thought of not experiencing more Life "
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#58798 - 09/03/11 06:00 AM
Re: What is your Purpose in life?
[Re: Goliath]
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ItsEnoughNow
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Registered: 07/08/11
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I always wanted to be a successful businessman but y parents want me to become a teacher. I still don't know what to do and how to do. I think they are also saying right.. Teaching is not bad at all.. Isn't it?
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#58813 - 09/03/11 04:35 PM
Re: What is your Purpose in life?
[Re: ItsEnoughNow]
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Latvian
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Registered: 07/15/11
Posts: 475
Loc: EU, Latvia, Riga (old town)
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I always wanted to be a successful businessman but y parents want me to become a teacher.
I have different story. My parents wanted, that I am businessman, but I had strong wish to be teacher. I did it and I'm happy. Of course I had to study and practice..., but it's my calling and I can fulfill in my work my talents and there I can be fully indulged in it.
Money or superficial success is not so important for Satanists. We see through beautiful outfit and even for you is stupid thing to do what other value high. Inner harmony is much more important!
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#59228 - 09/19/11 04:41 AM
Re: What is your Purpose in life?
[Re: Latvian]
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Rein
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Registered: 09/17/11
Posts: 23
Loc: Richmond, VA
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I’ve taken the “godhood” of the LHP to be more directing your own life through both lesser magics and your own drive to create your best possible outcome. Through that, there never is an end, we are constantly bombarded on all sides by media, our interactions with other people, and the plethora of other contact with information we have on a day to day basis. Once you have stopped attempting to live by will, and accept complacency it takes away from you as a person. That creativity, that drive, that you once had is now sated because “I am happy here, I am content.” Hence the fifth sin of Satanism: Herd Conformity, also leading into the sixth: Lack of Perspective
I personally live for a challenge; instead of working on some of the same repetitive tasks over and over I choose a more diverse route, one that will make me think every day. I have traded hours for dollars doing the grind of office work as an IT support desk specialist. Though now I am an IT consultant, and try to take on a task that will leave me saying “Now that was an interesting puzzle to figure out.” The job is not nearly as stable, but it is fulfilling, and that will give that much more meaning to my life personally.
An ultimate goal, to me, will leave you less motivated in the end if it is something attainable. Such as “I want to be successful and own a mansion.” Great, let’s say you get that, where do you go now? Most that I have seen, in my limited experience, will fall into complacency from there.
A better goal in life, I believe, is to never fall into that complacency, always control how your environment affect you to the best of your abilities, and to always press forward to the next adventure life can give you. With the myriad of both adventures and trials that can be found in life it is a goal that will always be attainable as well as infinite to drive you forward. You will find both good and bad outcomes along the way, but all experiences can be constructive if you learn from them and press forward.
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#60667 - 10/31/11 02:48 AM
Re: What is your Purpose in life?
[Re: halfchaos]
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Munki1
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Registered: 09/15/08
Posts: 28
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To be as happy as I can for as long as I can.
I am a Satanist.
Helping others I deem worthy (My wife, friends and family generally) is one example of things I enjoy doing.
I really enjoy sex, food, drink, exercise, hiking, shooting, driving and anything that makes me laugh. All of these make me happy.
I try hard not to attach much happiness to "things/stuff".
I would enjoy having more Satanic ritual in my life.
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#60670 - 10/31/11 03:15 AM
Re: What is your Purpose in life?
[Re: Munki1]
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Vinter
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Registered: 10/24/11
Posts: 18
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I used to be quite idealistic, but I've somehow lost that going down the road of life. However, I don't really consider it much of a loss. I think I've become much more realistic. It probably sounds like some bad cliché, but I've come to realize that I've got to learn to live in the moment, because life doesn't give any guarantees. Life is not yesterday nor tomorrow, and certainly not ten years ahead.
Being a student, I think it is quite common to "live in the future" in the sense that one thinks that life starts when only this or that happens. "When only I get that job" e.g. However, I've come to realize that I actually enjoy being a student, and I'm pretty sure I'm going to miss it when I get a 9-5 job. I might not even want that particular job when I reach that point in my life. I'm quite satisfied with life as it is right now, and whatever goals and wishes I may or may not have for the future doesn't really matter. It's nice to have something to reach for, and it certainly is nice if one reaches it, but in the end, it is each single day that matters, and I don't have any purpose beyond being as happy and satisfied as I can each single one of those days.
Edit: Apart from the usual things, like family, what makes me happy is music and coffee. Black metal and black coffee. I'd never underrate the pleasure of a double espresso.
Edited by Vinter (10/31/11 03:22 AM)
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#61401 - 11/14/11 09:08 PM
Re: What is your Purpose in life?
[Re: Vinter]
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Magnussa
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Registered: 11/10/11
Posts: 8
Loc: New York, NY, USA
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My purpose in life is to bring pleasure to my body and mind, in all forms. From music to sex. Reading for entertainment/education, to keeping myself in the best of health I can manage, so that I can live a longer life full of indulgence. Anything or anyone that demands sacrifice of any means of pleasure I reward myself with, can fuck off. Of course, there's no sense in being self-destructive. For example, I enjpy drinking heavily. But to do so FREQUENTLY would be more pain and harm than it's worth, and shorten my lifespan. Totally counterproductive. It requires balance, and having a brain in your head, but yeah. Pleasure is my purpose. I seek pleasure from acquiring new knowledge, having my imagination teased/aroused, and pleasant physical sensations.
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