If I lived in a different century I would have been a monk. I don't like life. Or rather, I don't like the kind of life I'm expected to have. Life itself is beautiful, but I hate that I have to experience it as a human being bogged down with all sorts of irrelevant responsibilities and obligations. It feels like 90% of life is just being distracted from the greater parts of existence.
I don't really care about being successful or advancing my ego. Life is too short and too temporary to get any satisfaction from that. What I want is to just be. Part of me feels attracted to death for that reason. "Duty is heavier than a mountain; death is lighter than a feather." It's something that crosses my mind a lot. Not out of depression or desperation, but out of a desire for peace.
I feel the presence of God in those quiet moments that could have been experienced in any time. Walking through a forest, watching the sunrise at the beach, gazing at the moon and stars. I just want to be at peace. I have a very good life and have been blessed with many things. But the only thing I really want is peace.
I dropped out years ago, never regretted it or looked back.
Me too, friend.
Now realizing that my hatred of society, the materialism and narcissism that people go after, was absolutely right.
The missing thing is finding true purpose based on God's intention for us.
Need to find others who have the same level of being awake and search for a real purpose rather than the slave system they've set up for us.
Stupid question, I guess, but how?
Jammyjams summed it up well. We can't all go into the wilderness and live off the land but we can unsubscribe from tv, MSM, woke materialistic people, NWO agendas etc. I dropped out of the legal system when I realised how corrupt it was: didn't want any part of it, cut my losses became a happy gardener. Getting neared to God and relying on His guidance and strength is essential.
" Life itself is beautiful, but I hate that I have to experience it as a human being bogged down with all sorts of irrelevant responsibilities and obligations"
I did not expect to read something like this here. It's comforting to know there are others out there.
Those things that bog us down are artificially put there by the Banksters to make us into slaves.
The rampant depression IMO comes from our lives being increasingly filled with meaningless tasks. Everything we need to do to "be part" of society is bogged down with tedium. Buying health insurance is a 4 hour exercise in mendacity. Everything is like that. Couple the inane day to day BS with locking people indoors under artificial light, Viola! You have a suicidal population.
It’s the greeting card life! Frivolous holidays for buying a $6 card with meaningless words 42 times a year mentality. Consoomer Christmas….knowing Jesus wasn’t born on a winter solstice. I’d rather spend time with meaningful people over a meal and a drink and listen to them.
It's even better to escape that trap. Trust me.
Too late for me, yeah. I feel like I live in a herd of cows. I don't talk to them, they can't talk back
Turn Off the criminal Lying MSM and life is great.
Took back the cable box over 25 yrs ago, don't carry a cell phone, do farcebook or twitter. I don't know if this would be possible if I wasn't retired. Life is not hectic.
Been retired 10 years and Life is what i say it is.
Don't need to be retired to set your own terms. A genuinely handy man that's self-employed can pretty much do as he pleases too.
Dropping out of society and death are not the same brother. Jesus is the only way for true peace in any circumstance at any point in our lives. Even when it makes no sense.
https://biblehub.com/philippians/4-7.htm King James Bible And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
As your name suggests. Seek ye first the kingdom and the rest shall be added unto you. (Food raiment etc) amen. A peace that passeth understanding.
We have an off-grid place out in the woods. We bought it well before covid as a place to enjoy the quiet. But it may turn out to be a refuge from tyranny.
I too feel like I am living a useless cause. Like I would like to drop out myself. But then today, my 3 year old granddaughter came running and said, "Memaw, make Brayden leave me alone." Then I thought, how wonderful that life goes on for these little ones who have no earthly idea what is going on or that tomorrow their life could be snuffed out by terrorists. So I thank God that they live in the moment for each day as a child should live and then I don't feel so bad anymore. After all, it is for them that I am in this battle.
Yep, familiar feels. Worldly motives have lost power over us. We need new motivation. Duty isn't ideal.
Duty is a burden. But love is not. Duty is only necessary to power actions for which love is lacking. Try to transform dutiful actions into loving actions and you'll live less reluctantly.
This is lovely and a good way to think of it.
No. I’m actually happier now that I’ve ever been. I know it sounds strange during these difficult times, but my faith in Christ and my hope is in him. Once I got an alignment with God’s will in my life, my life has changed completely. I am grateful.
I think for some, like myself, that feel extra sensitive to external input, the atmosphere can be depressing and toxic. I try not to watch news(except weather)and usually only check in here daily.
I totally hear you man. Everyday human life is just so insanely dull. Having to work forever is so depressing. Even if I pay off my home in 20 years I still have to pay property tax. Just renting my small lot from the government. Everything about modern life is so backwards.
Quieting yourself is key. You are right. A goal in life is to find something that you enjoy and hopefully get paid for it.
We packed up a camper and headed off into the great unknown back in 2013.
Landed eventually on a little piece of land in a tiny unincorporated town. Slowly, through stubborn brute manual labor I am creating a slice of Eden.
Don't need money beyond the very basic necessities so sporadic side work gets me by fine.
Satisfying. Possible.
Can recommend.
I don't believe in dropping out. That's not a solution for me. I'd rather stay engaged and make a difference, even if it's just a small difference at times.
The little things we do every day can influence a few people, and it spreads.
When you drop out, you lose. You stop influencing change, and just survive in the little world you fenced yourself into.
givin up aint it, agreed. The goal is to change, fix, repair society, not to abandon it
You CAN have that kind of life, it just depends on what you're willing to give up.
I watch "Mountain Men" and "Life Below Zero" and admire those people, living free and wild... but for me to have that life, I would have to give up the comfortable Western life I have become used to, pizza delivery on demand, and too many creature comforts to list here.
It comes down to this: How much are you willing to give up to have the kind of life you want?
I just wish I could get away from socialists. They do not ever give up proselytizing their ridiculous ideas.
That's what exhausts me. They seem to think someone wanting "less" is in need of their unwanted help.
Slowly, surely, the longer you are around them, they chip away at the belief that you could escape them.
There is only one way of living life in their eyes, and anything that isn't benefitting them is not allowable.
I've never actually met one lol.
I shut off my phone it's like they don't exist.
It's pretty great.
That sounds amazing.
They're like spiders with sticky webs. Their words are treachery drenched with poison. Industrial-grade gaslighters.
That you Jon Levi?
Peace.
How about you volunteer at a hospice or nursing home?
That sounds depressing
Sounds like you’re a young person just starting out and you’re shocked by how tough the world is. Find a good church, one that is rooted in the Bible and join the young people group. Also, there is a Bible app that teaches the word of God, it’s free, Thru the Bible. Honestly, you’re going to need a deep faith to get through this tough world, suicide isn’t an answer to your problems. I mention this because you’ve hinted at it in a few posts. Please talk to someone about your depression. Sincerely wishing you the best.
Check out Ernest Holmes. Science of Mind and Spirit. Not Scientology.
Holmes worked with the best of all religions and has an amazing take on it all.
Yeah it does.
I help a couple old folks living out in the boonies keep their independence. Way way waaaaay more satisfying.
We still have monks.
Sometimes I wish I was a cat
In a limited fashion I already have. I work remote and live several miles down a logging road on a hill on a lake. In the average non-summer week I pretty much only leave my lake to go to Church. My only real interaction with the larger world are entertainment related like the local raceway, live music, the occasional town festival, 4th of July, or County fair, and I'll stop in somewhere for a bite to eat during a snowmobile or bike ride.
Fren, I think that's what Psalms 46:10 is about:
Already did! Population 138. No gas station. No grocery store. No police. Sitting on a few hundred acres.
No noise. No traffic. No crime. Went from Atlanta to Beijing to Kuala Lumpur to Istanbul to Asheville to here.
Not telling where I am either!
Dropped out 3 years ago. Homesteading in Ozark mountains, Missouri.
Used to live in South Florida
https://www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon/g5281/kjv/tr/0-1/
Strong’s Definitions ὑπομονή hupŏmŏnē, hoop-om-on-ay'; from G5278; cheerful (or hopeful) endurance, constancy:—enduring, patience, patient continuance (waiting).
"It feels like 90% of life is just being distracted from the greater parts of existence."
More like 99.5%
I feel much the same way, however, you described it better than I ever could have.
Couldn't have said it better. I've felt this way for a long time and started living life, keeping the Holy Spirit inside, and just . . BEING. I will not live in [their] world. I am full of, and surrounded by LOVE.
I like this.
Peace is found in Jesus Christ. He is the only way.
Already did.
You are hearing the call. Trust me , you are not alone. If I'm not mistaken, you will find exactly the tools you need to find what you're looking for here. https://glorian.org/learn/knowledge-is-power/what-is-gnosis
Keep an open mind and may you find what you long for.
Yep, but would have to divorce and leave my kids.
I'm seeing this happen with all the platforms. Drudge report Citizen Free Press Reddit the donald the old thedonald this platform looks like it is using traffic in monetizing twitter and I came here to just stick it to the Man, this site is a twitter shill, but thanks to the one or two still here on their own.
Turn to Jesus, the Anointed One. There is no peace without him. A walk with Yeshua (Jesus) is a walk with God. Upon confession and belief in Christ, the Holy Spirit enters your life. Your body is a temple, one that you'll continually be cleaning up and working on, so that the Spirit that is with you, the Spirit of God, can shape and fashion you, in his likeness.
That the light of Christ would be seen in you, through acts of love, and deeds of faith. What we do here is either for good, or good for nothing.
People assume that they are supposed to feel an instant end to the desires of sin, but the flesh has desires, but the spirit has to defeat the flesh. The key is that as you walk, the Spirit convicts you of sins in your life, that you can vanquish them, or get out of the practice of them, that you can be freed from the slavery of sin.
People don't understand what this life is truly about. It's not about the next car, or the next guitar, phone, graphics card, game system. Nothing will ever be enough when serving idols.
We're not at peace until we gain the fruits of the spirit. The Holy Spirit is our comforter, and as we realize, and grown in Christ.
We're here to choose; and we live so long that we are given every chance to choose for ourselves. God sends rain upon the just and the unjust; he is kind to the evil, that they may have every chance to repent and believe the gospel.
Our lives are about choosing. We can choose sin, through our pride, desire to have all the rights that are due to God alone, arrogant, blind, and self-aggrandizing. We can choose to live in sins, and go on to torment, thinking we know better than God Almighty...
Or we can admit: We're sinners. We don't have it all together, we can't live up to our own standards, let alone God's. That we need a savior, since we know that God cannot abide with sinners. If we have that humility, that ability to look inward, and say, I was wrong, I did wrong, I'm sorry about that, I will change my mind, and my ways. If we have that ability to say: I need a savior, I need Jesus Christ, the Son of God. If we confess that he is the Son of God, and believe in our hearts; we can be forgiven and adopted by God, as heirs.