Nihilism has a basic understanding that must be perceived to understand its content. Nihilism is does not state everything is nothing or have an Atheistic origin. Instead, Nihilism detracts from untruths of the world by acknowledging something does not always become something else.
In our lives we are often told a succession of event is how people gain desires, wealth and passage to Heaven we do certain things and this becomes something. In Nihilism a person understands there are no guarantees of outcomes when becoming something else.
Currently we are told attractiveness is how to find a mate and the core component to monetary and social success; however, preoccupation with love produces multiple results to becoming an unsuitable spouse. There is more than grooming, wearing the right clothes and possessing the right features to become ultimately successful. The fantasy of pure happiness often dissolves ethics to where a person will harm other people. They might also spend more money than they have based on a promise and become broke thereby losing all hope of the fantasy future.
Another current myth relates to education. A person knows there are risks. Graduation equals wealth and stability while failure equals an unsatisfying life in subservience. There are several flaws in this logic. If someone wants regular work they do not need college education. There are several self-made individuals who became famous without graduating from college. Several graduates achieve near entry level positions; meanwhile, other graduates earn their livelihood in vocations unrelated to their major.
These complications are only complications to those who do not understand how to deconstruct active reality from subjective reality. When understanding the truth about the Something Lie or absence of validating information in relation to perception a person is free to examine life without as much stress when knowing something might be nothing.
People devise complex methods to defuse erroneous relationships and gain perspective on life. Nihilism is frequently utilized in Christian based religions. The essence of "Being like Jesus" is a delimiting way of life producing a person that puts aside greed, fantasy and want for what they do not have to benefit society. With this action they reap benefits of being a good person.
There is frequently confusion about this because Nihilism is known for judging or delimitating Christianity. An interesting topic is the issue of the name Christianity, which ultimately suggests the worship of Christ, despite Christ saying he worships his Father (God) and advises all people do the same. People who aspire to be like Jesus should therefore worship and love God. This message is sometimes lost in practice.
The greatest celebration of Christianity revolves around Christ's ultimate sacrifice of his life to help the world. This could promote an incorrect action of human sacrifice, which is a sin.
Do people benefit from another person's death? I have heard on several occasions life became better after a person died. Putting pressure on another person's sacrifice to benefit their pain is topical. I remember living next to a recently divorced woman who had faith God would reward her if she remained passive. This ideal prevented her from legal action against her former husband who refused to pay child support and alimony. Legal action would resolve most issues, yet she decided the slow death of her children was a more likely path to Heaven. Even if it is not thanks to Jesus the sin will be forgiven.
There are several dysfunctional aspects to the cycle of sacrifice and forgiveness. In personal sacrifice the person or people who demand sacrifice of another person are selfish and greedy. Why must someone else make sacrifices for them? They place themselves on a higher plateau that they should benefit from the sacrifice without adhering to finding satisfaction with what they need not want.
In previous issue of forgiveness, I remember going to their house as a child. Memories include watching their Mother mixing powder milk in jugs and deciding which utility bill to pay. They were unable to pay rent; therefore, what might a normal friendship became a method to avoid becoming homeless. The most threatening activity was deciding they could not afford two children. One child became preferred, because they would have a good life. All expenses were affordable while the other became a human sacrifice who encounters bias and hatred daily because they are not as pretty.
I remember going to their new home several years later. One in good health, while the other lost sight in one eye because of pink eye. In the end the pretty sister died, at an early age, in a car accident. There were rumors a fan caused the accident. The sister who became adjusted to hardship had the longer life. This establishes her as the more successful sibling.
Even though this is awful the Something Lie allows victims to continually be victims, while victimizers gain rewards by victimizing other people. The belief of Heaven prohibits people from taking action to protect their rights through the justice system so those causing harm will not benefit from knowing they have done something wrong.
As a practicing Nihilist, it might be easy to develop hatred for all people. As an Atheist I thought this was unique until realizing people in religions also hate people or organized religion. This hatred of everything is not Nihilism. This type of hate relates to believing in something so intrinsically people lose themselves in obtaining the Something Lie.
It took awhile to undo the perception of all people being evil. I took time to remember people who were good friends who possess tolerance and do not evoke trauma. With the ability to care about another person or at least want to protect another person from harm transforms apathy into a desire to make the world better through limiting suffering, potentially a willingness to die if it would help another even though this is also a Something Lie. This understanding is Nihilism. Despite what people think about Nihilism, it is actually an expansion on understanding Christ's Life and did not have an Atheist practice until around a century ago.
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