Enneagram Type 5 Board Archive

Pointlessness [ Boards: Main, Type4, Type5, Movie, Care, Chat ][ Top 10 ] [ HOME ]

Pointlessness

[ Follow Ups ] [ Post Followup ] [ Type 5 Message Board ] [ FAQ ]

Posted by Zach on October 22, 2001 at 14:25:37:

In Reply to: Re: 5'4 Website posted by DanK on October 22, 2001 at 14:06:12:

My shortcomings are regarding myself, my own image of what I 'could' (or 'should') be, not how others might interpret me. If anything, others seem to think I'm much happier and more successful than I percieve myself to be.

Purpose or a lack of purpose is a very individual thing, since purpose is perception. But from my viewpoint most types seem to have more of a sense of purpose than 5's. And as a 5 I think their purposes seem silly and pointless - I can find the exception in anything, and can see that their purposes are generally logically unsound from some angle. Sort of like deconstructive nihilism, the psychic curse of 5's I think.

So yes, I think 99.9% of people of whatever type lead primarily pointless lives. But from what am I basing that opinion? What is the point of life? Can there be such a thing? How does one determine what that point is to be?

It can be maddening. I think this is why the buddha meditated so much.

Follow Ups:

Re: Pointlessness DanK 15:41:29 10/22/01 (3)
- Re: Pointlessness Zach 07:42:51 10/23/01 (2)
  - Re: Pointlessness DanK 22:05:18 10/23/01 (1)
    - Re: Pointlessness Eric Hart Jr. 02:13:15 10/24/01 (0)

Post a Followup

Name:
E-Mail:

Subject:

Comments:
: My shortcomings are regarding myself, my own image of what I 'could' (or 'should') be, not how others might interpret me. If anything, others seem to think I'm much happier and more successful than I percieve myself to be. : Purpose or a lack of purpose is a very individual thing, since purpose is perception. But from my viewpoint most types seem to have more of a sense of purpose than 5's. And as a 5 I think their purposes seem silly and pointless - I can find the exception in anything, and can see that their purposes are generally logically unsound from some angle. Sort of like deconstructive nihilism, the psychic curse of 5's I think. : So yes, I think 99.9% of people of whatever type lead primarily pointless lives. But from what am I basing that opinion? What is the point of life? Can there be such a thing? How does one determine what that point is to be? : It can be maddening. I think this is why the buddha meditated so much.

Optional Link URL:
Link Title:
Optional Image URL:

[ Follow Ups ] [ Post Followup ] [ Type 5 Message Board ] [ FAQ ] type5board/messages/5659.html

Your Ad Here