/lit/ - Literature

I wake up, and within moments I am asleep. Awake once more, I fight harder to stay alive but nevertheless I tire again. Awake, asleep, awake, asleep; I struggle but have lost ground. I find myself awake again, fighting against the tide. I understand I must fall asleep again, but rest assured knowing I will wake once more. The smoke begins to clear but the mirror is growing foggy. I fight to stay awake, so that I can struggle harder tomorrow.

>>8885913
I feel like I've been doing this for a while, but I'll try a different approach.

>>8885930
Weightless statement as it is, bud.

>>8885936
I'm not in the best of living conditions, but I won't go into it because there's always someone who thinks it's a competition.

>>8885940
I do not agree with this interpretation.

>>8885949
I was thinking the same.

>>8885995
>>8886028
I planned on doing it tomorrow, or today, rather (00:54).

>>8885139
Sorry

>>8885156
Thanks, I'll look into it

>>8885160
Good point, but I was planning on furthering my idea. Why do Christians go to church if they already believe in God?

>>8880829
I haven't started suffering yet. I phrased the OP very badly, I was just expressing ways I will eliminate irrelevancies.

>>8880836
Yeah I suppose, but that stuff prevents my experiencing other parts of life.

>>8879727
By this I mean all that life has to offer, not really its purpose.

>>8879882
I view life as everything, every molecule every atom. We are all one great being. Consciousness is a mirror and death is the shattering of that mirror. This leads to massive subjectivity, I decide how things are. I decide what is necessary and what isn't. I consider the sun as much alive and intelligent as you and I. This can be explained but that's also a lot of typing.
In a few years I will be flying up to Alaska to bike all the way down to Argentina, and if I reach that destination I am not too sure I will stop. I have no need to justify my choices because they are simply that, my choices.

>>8879962
Nothing I've done so far contradicts my view of a healthy life. Yes, it might make it more difficult (which I sort of want), but only so by cleansing myself of the anesthesia that is mediocrity. In contemporary society, everything is meant to be acquired with ease to balance the endless pursuit of happiness. There is no sense of accomplishment when buying a burger, but it is far more wonderful to grow fruits, vegetables, and hunt your own meat. This is not suffering, but it follows my goal (WHICH IS WHAT ALL YOU FAGGOTS HAVE BEEN MISUNDERSTANDING). I'm not saying that I'm suffering when I take a cold shower or eat healthy, I'm saying that I'm following the lifestyle that comes with embracing suffering by facing worthwhile difficulties.

>>8879976
When I say the beauty of love, I do not mean love itself but rather its effect. This is the same with suffering.
Of course I'm afraid, when did I deny that? I embrace suffering while flinching, but there is no shame in that.

Don't be so aggressive, man. Nobody's out to get you.

>>8879593
>>8879634
Abandonment of irrelevance.

>>8879537
It depends what I consider irrelevant.

>>8879539
I'm not that badass and I like living.

>>8879504
Is it self really imposed if I simply stop avoiding it? That can also be said for avoiding things like starvation, but it all depends on what you do and don't consider necessary.
Bloody subjectivity again.

I'll be embracing all suffering, is what I'm saying.
>>8879511
I agree

>>8879518
To conquer is not to destroy, Anon. At least not always.

>>8879487
I spoke too soon. I very plainly said that it was mostly just, "the abandonment of irrelevance". But who reads the whole post anyways?

I would also argue that Buddhism focuses on conquering suffering rather than eliminating it, but that's a lot of typing that would likely lead nowhere.

Very good thread so far, guys. Thank you all for contributing.

I've progressively begun to embrace the beauty of suffering.
I have:
>donated the vast majority of my belongings
>deconstructed my bed (I'll sleep on the floor altogether if it doesn't fuck up my health)
>started taking cold showers and baths
>started eating much less and healthier
>etc.

A lot of that isn't really "suffering", but rather the abandonment of irrelevance. I'm trying to face the intrinsic value of life alone and to properly appreciate it for all that it can be.

Can you recommend any books, philosophers, etc. that touch this topic? I realize it plays heavily into Buddhism, so don't be shy to share some of that as well.

I hope it's by Homer. Homer means hostage in Greek.

>>8868947
>what's the point of this little excerpt
Made up on the spot with no goal or set rule. It was for fun.

>>8862558
Oh okay, thanks.

>>8862475
It's a revised ramble, but I'm glad you like. What do you mean by "Attach it to a photograph"?

>V2
Even when she slept she thrived. Her hair, flame and curl, burning against cool light, raging against the calm. Her breath, singing in whisper, calling me. She was a storm, heartbeat thunder and pulling wind, shifting, rumbling, thumping and pounding.

She hovered above the sheets, the fragility of her presence teasing me. I was terrified, and I loved her.

>>8860829
I just feel like it's prose in form of poetry. Sort of like if you cut out strips of a book and laid them out pretty. That might not be what it is, I am just an amateur, remember.
One example of something that stopped me was:
>You are their
>antithesis

This is why I don't usually critique, I don't know what the hell I'm talking about.

>>8860862
I've addressed all of those, mostly in >>8860265

>>8860302
I'd write these out before I came here, but you guys play a massive role in them. To be honest I don't know shit about grammatical structure and tenses, I just like to write. You're all a huge help and I'd like to thank you for that.

I'll rewrite it in a bit and see what you guys think.

>>8860187
I've learned a lot from this. I've always had a bad habit of sacrificing story potential with pretty imagery. The last line was rushed, I type one of these every time I see this kind of thread.

>>8860234
I'll begin with an overview of what is happening in the story:
A man is lying next to his sleeping wife/gf/whatever. He's simply appreciating how intense her beauty and being is, even as she sleeps. From her curly red hair (flame) to the beat of her heart (thumping and pounding). He then gets thinks about how lucky he is to be in her presence, and how the thought of her not being there terrifies him.
>Thrive
I tried to carry this throughout with dance, shifting, pounding, etc. Must have failed.
>hair, flame and curl
I just meant flame as in color, but yeah, I should've been more creative
>breath singing in whisper
I was thinking of the hushed lullaby of a mother to her sleeping child
>Shifting
Movement in sheets
>Vibrating
I admit has no meaning, I'll change it to rumble instead, which carries on with these next two
>Thumping and pounding
Her heart beating
>Hovering
He sort of imagines her being abducted because of how lucky he considers himself to have her. Like, 'what if that thing never happened that lead me to her'. It's hard to explain besides, "the fragility of her presence".
>Teasing
It wasn't her, but more the idea of losing her.

>>8860048
Th-thanks

>>8860052
I am an amateur, but thanks. Would you mind clarifying which metaphors were bad and in what way? If you don't mind, that is. I was trying not to go too far out with too-pseud-for-u things like I always do.

>>8859922
I'm sure you are too, nothing is permanent. You are the one who decides who you are.

>>8859891
I wouldn't say my examples were infatuation. Perhaps the storm, but I really fucking love thunderstorms, so much as to lie in my yard and gamble with lightning. But I just don't see how you can be 'infatuated' with your sleeping wife. But mainly, this is my view of it and that is yours. Love is extremely subjective, and that's what makes it so great. You can fall in love with anything, and really that's the best way to live.

I love you all, every molecule of your being.

>>8859861
These are very appreciated words.

>>8859857
I disagree

>>8859871
Of course you do. Love is cessation, to surrender. If you've ever found yourself simply at the mercy of beauty, whether that be a storm or your sleeping wife, you have experienced love. But that is just what I consider love to be. What do you consider love to be?