Could we have a general advice thread for how to deal in our day to day life with a messed up social and political enviroment? How do you live your life in a totally degenerated culture in which all the values and traditions held sacred in the past no longer have a place? Personally, I'm at a total loss at where to take things from here. What do I do with myself? Studying mathematics at the moment, but there is constantly lingering at the back of my mind a "what for?". I can't live for pleasure or amusement like many of those around me, and at the same time I see no real causes or vocations worth dedicating oneself to fully. Because the proper CONTEXT is lacking: a social and political foundation that orders things appropriately, putting everything in its right place, and giving a meaning to things. Not trying to sound like a whiny faggot, but I'm sure a lot of you know what I'm talking about. Things feel "meaningless".
Just the othe day I was reading the Baghavad Gita. The tl;dr Krishna (an incarnate form of the Hindu god Vishnu, if I'm not mistaken) tells Arjuna, a warrior about to do battle with armies led by relatives of his, that as a member of the warrior caste it is his DUTY to fight and to kill his enemies no matter who they are. He reassures Arjuna that doing one's duty without thought for any ulterior motive is just as legitimate a path to spiritual fulfillment as ascetic contemplation. So what the fuck am I talking about here? Sorry if it sounds like I'm rambling, but the point I'm trying to get to is that our society is in a state of disorder. The castes are "mixed up", and no one knows what his duty is anymore. In fact there don't seem to be any duties worth performing anymore. Am I wrong? How does one live today, and what does one live for? And after we've answeres that: how do we best deal with the day to day issues that we encounter in our degenerated society, e.g. :
- peers with whom we have little in common, and the lack of likeminded individuals
- constant exposure to degenerate media: everywhere you go you hear the vulgar things pushed in music, television, and film.
- etc