Jeopardy answer coincidence?

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Magical Realist Offline
Sounds redundant. Did you make it up? And what does "selfish selfishness" have to do with the OP?
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#12
Syne Offline
(Jun 29, 2025 03:26 AM)Magical Realist Wrote: Sounds redundant. Did you make it up? And what does "selfish selfishness" have to do with the OP?

You're poor reading comprehension is showing again.
How do you get "selfish selfishness" from this?
(Jun 29, 2025 03:18 AM)Syne Wrote: solipsism - the quality of being very self-centered or selfish.
narcissism - a mental health condition in which people have an unreasonably high sense of their own importance

If you could read, you'd see that only one of those means selfishness.


(Jun 28, 2025 11:04 PM)Magical Realist Wrote: "In essence, "meant to be" expresses a belief in a predetermined or suitable outcome, whether that outcome is a result of destiny or a reflection of inherent qualities and intentions."

Meant for you would mean suitable for you. Like your soulmate would be meant for you. It doesn't entail any magic man in the sky making it so.
If the "predetermined or suitable outcome" is only defined by what is "suitable for you," how is that not self-centered and self-important?

Seems pretty straight forward.
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Quote:If the "predetermined or suitable outcome" is only defined by what is "suitable for you," how is that not self-centered and self-important?

LOL The need to find meaning in one's own life is central to living it successfully. It isn't selfish or self-important. It is self-validating and self-empowering. You're the last person to legitimately cast stones at existential spirituality as "selfish".
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Syne Offline
(Jun 29, 2025 04:12 AM)Magical Realist Wrote:
Quote:If the "predetermined or suitable outcome" is only defined by what is "suitable for you," how is that not self-centered and self-important?

LOL The need to find meaning in one's own life is central to living it successfully. It isn't selfish or self-important. It is self-validating and self-empowering. You're the last person to legitimately condemn spirituality as "selfish".

So you think finding meaning is spiritual? No one can find meaning without spirituality?


(Jun 28, 2025 08:19 PM)Magical Realist Wrote: Nobody makes or means things to happen. It's just that everything in your life happens FOR you. It is meant only for you. You are the center of your life. It's the "we are all contained in our own private bubbles" part of the mystery.

Solipsism is just a state of human nature, we all live in our own bubbles, in our own interiority. - https://www.juliedewaroquier.com/solipsism

"You are the center of your life" is literally self-centered, and "everything in your life happens FOR you" is literally self-important.

They call it "main character syndrome."
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Quote:"You are the center of your life" is literally self-centered, and "everything in your life happens FOR you" is literally self-important.

In the sense that you are the most important person in your life? Of course it is. We all get one life here and have to make of it what we can. Which includes embracing the nature of experience to unfold meaningfully and instructively for each of us. It's just the way things are. If you think that is wrong somehow you're a moron.
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Syne Offline
Again, avoiding what should be very simple questions. 9_9

But thanks for admitting what I already said.
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