Science, Religion, Politics and in the pursuit of truth – HappyPsychotic

He knew dying is rarely dignified or beautiful. Yet he saw clearly the dangers of spending his days running away from it. So instead he entered the death machine, faced its perils and then stepped away. The risks he faced only kept him more keenly alive.

Not a single moment should be wasted in the indifference of someone who has forgotten that he will die.

So, I went to a Naturopath and decided to get hormonal and neurotransmitter testing done. The results show that I am very low on Serotonin, and a little low on Dopamine, GABA, PEA and Cortisol (adrenaline). So my good doctor gave me some supplements to take to “fix” these imbalances. End of story, happy ending right? Obviously not…I can’t seem to make anything easy.

Anyways, this probably all sounds very boring to you, but what is amazing is that Andrew Wiles worked on this math proof for 7 years and did nothing else. He spent day and night working on this and nothing else. And in the video when he describes how he felt when he solved it…he says “It was the most important moment of his working life…(he tears up here)…nothing I ever do again will…(now he waves away the camera because he can’t continue speaking due to emotion)”.

I suppose the biggest thing I’m thinking about right now is her suggestion that the meaning of life is to work hard to accomplish something. She implies that if we work hard, create something, be successful then you will be happy and you have helped the world. This philosophy is directly opposed to the Buddhist one which says that we should just accept that nothing is truly fulfilling in life and that we shouldn’t strive to accomplish something big because we will end up being disappointed.