I've learned to live by a simple maxim since deconverting from all spiritualisms and adopting the atheistic stance:
Hurt me with the truth; don't comfort me with the lie.
You have to be willing to understand that not everything is sunshine and rainbows...that the world isn't made just for you, that you aren't really worth much of anything in the cosmic perspective, and you have to learn to live life for you. These may sound like platitudes but they're pretty much the main hurdles to overcome.
If you need reasons to be compassionate, well...I ruminated on the Golden and Silver rules and realized how, with the grace of Ockham's Razor, they can readily apply to just about anything and everything in applying a good, decent moral code. And humanism is what I used to begin building a sense of enjoyment in the human experience for the experience itself and the pleasure in sharing it with others. Hell, it even advocates wild debauchery like orgies. ;D
There's ways of coping with the sudden void of comfort. You make your own, mainly. And it's a lot more satisfying when you finally start getting it right, you know?
Hurt me with the truth; don't comfort me with the lie.
You have to be willing to understand that not everything is sunshine and rainbows...that the world isn't made just for you, that you aren't really worth much of anything in the cosmic perspective, and you have to learn to live life for you. These may sound like platitudes but they're pretty much the main hurdles to overcome.
If you need reasons to be compassionate, well...I ruminated on the Golden and Silver rules and realized how, with the grace of Ockham's Razor, they can readily apply to just about anything and everything in applying a good, decent moral code. And humanism is what I used to begin building a sense of enjoyment in the human experience for the experience itself and the pleasure in sharing it with others. Hell, it even advocates wild debauchery like orgies. ;D
There's ways of coping with the sudden void of comfort. You make your own, mainly. And it's a lot more satisfying when you finally start getting it right, you know?
