Do we need...because we do not have information?

Question

humans are unstable, not only emotionally but biologically...as creatures we need food constantly to prevent our bodies from going radioactive (carbon 14).

Emotionally and psychologically, we often need to 'belong' in order to feel at peace. It also stems from inside...Those who are seeking 'to belong' usually are insecure, and need someone to give them strength. Then there are those that are comfortable with themselves...but desire to comfort others, which gives them purpose.

But most of this is done out of lack of information. If you knew the information of how you stood in the Universe...you would not seek.....you would feel secure and at peace. You would only seek for other things, such as entertainment, or things to pass the time. But once you were sure of your entity, your needs socially (love, friendship, acceptance) and spiritually (religion, philosophical questions)...become less poignant.

This doesn't mean we have the right answers...but somewhere along the ballpark that make us feel secure?

so is education, what instills in us the 'calmness' which makes you, as you become wiser....more at 'peace'....and finnally come to terms with death? as we peacefully accept that our process must inevitably end, after we have put our part in the equation....seeing no other purpose after we have acheived the cllimax of intuitive knowledge as humans?

sterces...yes...but does your curiosity not end after the apple falls from the tree? is there not a learning curve of satisfaction to that knowledge?

after all, wanting more and more and more....just as the monkey...will only make you fall dissastisfied as the marginal utility of it falls (the amount of pleasure you get for any extra of it more....say, the more pizzas you eat, the less likely you will want more)...

after many experiences are experienced...and many knowledges acquired...does your marginal utility for knowledge not fall as well? do you not become at peace in your confidence of your knowledge of the world, from the experiences?

bambam...you misunderstand 'child' (lol..that was a joke).

I am not 'downgrading' for needing companionship. Companionship is a necessary requesite of human living. It is a release that has been in-built for us through the wisdom of millions of years of the simulated 'equation'

But the needs, are because we are in fact, human. They are impulses, neurally hardwired ones. If there was not that guiding figure of a man, that represents for women the guiding father figure...or the leader that we all count on , or that philosophy (christianity) which gives us certainty where there is doubt....we fall to insecurity and ....anxiously....need.., which leads to suffering.

What I am saying, is quite what Buddha said, actually...that the sympton to human suffering is the anxious and misinformed need. If you realize , in enlightment, we come to realize the irrelevence of our impulses in certain situations.

That the misinformed need, only leads to suffering, which can lead to bad paths.

It is about balance and neutrality.

If you become more knowledgeble, your perspective becomes enhanced by this information. You become more at peace...so your 'soul' is not so 'steered' by the waves of time? it seems so.

if we have no information.

we might seek that which is not there. Or that which we might think is there, but really is something else.

If we are so wrestless...it is what leads us to gain more information....which, as we age, I suspect, makes us come to grips with a 'feeling' (a summarized protocal of how things are)...and once we know...we don't feel so compelled to go 'look for it' because we 'know' what it is. We've done it, and you are at peace.

I guess that's how it is to age? I don't know...but maybe it would be better for our society to become more so aesthetically inclined---

maybe our heated notions of the economy only brings us suffering and dissapointment with time...How much more marginal satisfaction can we get from more cars or a bigger house?

at some point..the feeling of better than others...and the feeling of more satisfaction becomes irrelevent...as you realize its the same as you had before....

with this knowledge....this 'feeling' ---I guess we could all become more at peace perhaps.

Answer 1

I think that it is just in our nature to want to know more and more. Maybe that is how we developed into intelligence, the want to know more.

Answer 2

People need because were human....Your not weak or insecure for wanting companionship! The simple lack of not knowing where you stand in the world or the big ol' universe as you put it is natural and the fact that you down grade a person for it may stem from your lack of direction or guidance at some point in your life....so really focus on what you can add to the world not what is missing from a person who may just be having a bad day and gets pointed out to be the weaker soul!!!

Answer 3

Yes, if you had all the information you would definitely feel more secure, but at the same time you would lose an essential component of what makes us human... the knowledge that the answer might be around the corner..weather good or bad... wanted or unwanted... is what keeps us going, maybe we are all looking for a mirage and when we get there we might find that is empty, but at least we looked for it... and have the satisfaction of having done it

Answer 4

I really like this way of thinking ! It makes me feel more powerful & also resonates with me.
Most of the misunderstandings I have with ppl would not have occured if our communication was clear & I had the right information.
I guess if I got some clue from the universe ....'you're doing the right thing....on the right path' I would feel relieved.

Answer 5

it all seems so pointless now :(