The prison is metaphysical in nature, right?
That is a great analogy-yes,we are indeed in a strange metaphysical & these posts on the board are the knocks on the walls.
It is something which most people fail to grasp.They'd rather focus on the physical than the metaphysical.
There is a certain kind of recurring lethal historical cycle to which we all fall prey.
Some would day that 200 years back things were far better. Maybe.But Schopenhauer was not exactly thrilled with the world at that point of time.
No,there is no Garden of Eden in the past. This is how it has always been:a wretched world ,full of pointless misery.
I know some people who just want to have a nice time by going to a wedding & dancing and singing.The person I have in mind is actually a cancer survivor so I think it is fair to say that physical and mental anguish don't being about the "Denial of the Will to Live" all by themselves.
I feel compelled to say that most people don't really care much about suffering. I mean,yes, maybe only in the moments when they are suffering a great deal of physical pain & not much afterwards. But I cannot get my painful past out of my mind because I know that it is only a matter of time before all of that misery comes back to haunt me. That is the reason why I don't talk to anyone in the office. I don't wish anyone a "very Good Morning",why be a phoney ? There are plenty of them as it is.
It is not enough that you work yourself to death ,you must do so while giggling and singing & dancing out of sheer happiness for being in this world.
I don't care.Whether I like it or not,one thing is certain: they would continue to laugh without reason, pop out babies.
THEY DISGUST ME. I don't even want to talk to them ever.
They want an infinite number of babies. An infinite number of boyfriends/girlfriends. An infinitely amount of wealth.
I am sorry but I just cannot agree that everyone feels the absurdity of existence the way Herr Hentrich or Senor Raul does.
Most human being are like filthy swine wallowing in the mire.