/lit/ - Literature

The celibate monastic life is the greatest thing one can experience on earth. Even the most the most irreligious can experience the immense benefits that such a lifestyle provides. Academic celibacy used to be a thing. It is remarkable how much clearer, cleaner and creative the mind is if you don't have base distractions dragging you down and the consequences that stem from their indulgence. Constant and total interest and enjoyment from life. When unchaste and focused on trivial hedonistic pleasures, everything outside of them is a chore and the whatever pleasure gained from those experiences passes the moment they end, and worse, if indulged to their utmost extent, eventually manifest in habituation and you're on autopilot all the time. The more I dive into the study of the brain and cognitive science, the more I realize the necessity of such lifestyles for advancing humanity beyond our animalistic confines. Once you go to the extreme end of materialism, as I have, the conclusions of instill more fear in the indulgence of fleshly pleasures than the threat of an eternal hell ever could. It shows that the mind is not the idealistic singular cohesive entity that is "you", that you like to think it is. The most distinguishing development is our prefrontal region, and we throw this advancement in the trash. We use it to further the ends of the more primal regions and in doing so reduce this remarkable region to nothing more than the means to attain pleasure. The experience of being human is squandered to live like an animal to the subjection of whims beyond his control. Musonius Rufus said in his lectures, "to relax the mind is to lose it". How true that is. We relax it, and the next thing we know, we are nothing more than slaves to habit and all sorts of nonsense. Thinking becomes a chore; the mind itself atrophies; zeal for life dies. Unrealized potential abounds and can be unlocked, yet the innate programming SEEK PLEASURE is the one roadblock that is in our way, the one that will hijack your life and kill it, making you a slave the rest of your days to instant gratification.

im still agnostic after reading this. it just made me even more nihilistic.

the four main points can be condensed into the following:

The Argument Against Atheistic Meaning and Significance[1]
1. If atheism is true, then there is no God and there is no immortality.
2. If there is no God and there is no immortality, then life lacks adequate meaning and significance.
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3. Therefore, if atheism is true, then life lacks adequate meaning and significance.


The Argument Against Atheistic Moral Motivation[2]
1. If there is no God, then one’s ultimate destiny is unrelated to one’s behavior.
2. If one’s ultimate destiny is unrelated to one’s behavior, then one has no good reason to be moral.
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3. Therefore, if there is no God, then one has no good reason to be moral.

The Argument Against Atheistic Morality[3]
1. If there is no God, then moral values are just expressions of personal taste or the product of evolution and conditioning.
2. If moral values are just expressions of personal taste or the product of evolution and conditioning, then objective moral values do not exist.
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3. Therefore, if there is no God, then objective moral values do not exist.


The Argument Against Atheistic Purpose[4]
1. If there is no God, then our lives (and the universe) will end and we’re an accident of nature.
2. If our lives (and the universe) will end and we’re an accident of nature, then life has no ultimate purpose.
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3. Therefore, if there is no God, then life has no ultimate purpose.

The Kalam Cosmological Argument uses logic and deductive reasoning to argue for the existence of a First Cause of the universe and all that we perceive. There are different iterations of the argument, but the basic premises are as follows:

>All that begins to exist has a cause outside of itself
>The universe began to exist
>Therefore, the universe has a cause that is outside the universe
The different iterations of the Cosmological Argument build a strong case for theism as a logical, reasonable position to hold - at least more so than atheism - but in my understanding, all the different arguments are built on a hidden premise that I have never seen be discussed: the assumption that logic, reason, and deduction can be applied to the early universe, or even the pre-universe.

Any /lit/ that deals with this question?

>you can recommend one book, or one piece of writing, to convince this anon to stay volcel, and reject the flesh
What do you recommend?

So many pretentious intellectuals on here. A lot of you need to go outside and do stuff with your hands and be active. Sitting at home all day and reading Pessoa isn't healthy for you. It's just intellectual masturbation. Read books that actually change your life for the better and inspire you. Spend more time outdoors putting your beliefs to practice.

any good books about the plight of sexually unattractive men?

I read absolutely nothing at all if I masturbate or have a girlfriend. Absolutely nothing unless I have to. I have zero motivation and everything boils down to discipline when sexually active. Even trying to ameliorate the side effects of sexual activity with pharmacological agents like selegiline and post-coital/masturbatory administration of vitamin B6 is extremely unsatisfactory compared with true abstinence.

If I abstain sexually (no masturbation, no sex), I can easily read over a book a week on top of working. With free time, I've completed 25 books in a single month while strictly continent.

>tfw 10/10 male who came to discover that chastity+continence provide immense benefits, far exceeding any carnal pleasure
>tfw you realize the fundamental heteronomy that the reinforced pleasure-oriented sex drive creates and want aspire for total autonomy over self
>tfw you mention celibacy online people assume you are either an incel or religious and cannot possibly contemplate a reason for wanting to eschew this.
It is lonely at the top.

I don't come here to feel

The celibate monastic life is the greatest thing one can experience on earth. Even the most the most irreligious can experience the immense benefits that such a lifestyle provides. Academic celibacy used to be a thing. It is remarkable how much clearer, cleaner and creative the mind is if you don't have base distractions dragging you down and the consequences that stem from their indulgence. Constant and total interest and enjoyment from life. When unchaste and focused on trivial hedonistic pleasures, everything outside of them is a chore and the whatever pleasure gained from those experiences passes the moment they end, and worse, if indulged to their utmost extent, eventually manifest in habituation and you're on autopilot all the time. The more I dive into the study of the brain and cognitive science, the more I realize the necessity of such lifestyles for advancing humanity beyond our animalistic confines. Once you go to the extreme end of materialism, as I have, the conclusions of instill more fear in the indulgence of fleshly pleasures than the threat of an eternal hell ever could. It shows that the mind is not the idealistic singular cohesive entity that is "you", that you like to think it is. The most distinguishing development is our prefrontal region, and we throw this advancement in the trash. We use it to further the ends of the more primal regions and in doing so reduce this remarkable region to nothing more than the means to attain pleasure. The experience of being human is squandered to live like an animal to the subjection of whims beyond his control. Musonius Rufus said in his lectures, "to relax the mind is to lose it". How true that is. We relax it, and the next thing we know, we are nothing more than slaves to habit and all sorts of nonsense. Thinking becomes a chore; the mind itself atrophies; zeal for life dies. Unrealized potential abounds and can be unlocked, yet the innate programming SEEK PLEASURE is the one roadblock that is in our way, the one that will hijack your life and kill it, making you a slave the rest of your days to instant gratification.

The celibate monastic life is the greatest thing one can experience on earth. Even the most the most irreligious can experience the immense benefits that such a lifestyle provides. Academic celibacy used to be a thing. It is remarkable how much clearer, cleaner and creative the mind is if you don't have base distractions dragging you down and the consequences that stem from their indulgence. Constant and total interest and enjoyment from life. When unchaste and focused on trivial hedonistic pleasures, everything outside of them is a chore and the whatever pleasure gained from those experiences passes the moment they end, and worse, if indulged to their utmost extent, eventually manifest in habituation and you're on autopilot all the time. The more I dive into the study of the brain and cognitive science, the more I realize the necessity of such lifestyles for advancing humanity beyond our animalistic confines. Once you go to the extreme end of materialism, as I have, the conclusions of instill more fear in the indulgence of fleshly pleasures than the threat of an eternal hell ever could. It shows that the mind is not the idealistic singular cohesive entity that is "you", that you like to think it is. The most distinguishing development is our prefrontal region, and we throw this advancement in the trash. We use it to further the ends of the more primal regions and in doing so reduce this remarkable region to nothing more than the means to attain pleasure. The experience of being human is squandered to live like an animal to the subjection of whims beyond his control. Musonius Rufus said in his lectures, "to relax the mind is to lose it". How true that is. We relax it, and the next thing we know, we are nothing more than slaves to habit and all sorts of nonsense. Thinking becomes a chore; the mind itself atrophies; zeal for life dies. Unrealized potential abounds and can be unlocked, yet the innate programming SEEK PLEASURE is the one roadblock that is in our way, the one that will hijack your life and kill it, making you a slave the rest of your days to instant gratification.