Reasonable Views of Mortality and Morality

Although it is very common for members of the global public to have unreasonable views regarding all sorts of topics, an enlightened point of view requires at least some reasonableness concerning mortal and moral existence.  Atheists, anaesthetists and aestheticians are especially known to...

...argue amongst themselves regarding the true nature of mortality.

If you are a religious personage, you may find that many people are tempted to argue with you regarding your empirically insupportable views on morality and immortality. Do you believe it is sensible to lead people into this sort of temptation?

Coming to terms with mortality is something my colleague Professor Aligheri understands very well from his own difficult experiences.  He claims to be something of an expert on the epic consequences of both miserliness and wastefulness, on the unpredictability of grief, and on all sorts of dangerous decisions. 

It is for this reason that the good professor is able to advise me on what to do in any sort of crisis, even if the actions of most persons around me usually reveal they are incapable of listening in a reasonably way to sensible points of view.  In our most recent conversation, we both agreed that the public needs to listen more to morticians than to politicians regarding the future of human society.

Neither a hoarder or squanderer be

Professor Aligheri believes that enlightened persons should always wish for themselves a happy and pleasantly timely end, hence one of the main duties in life, at least if you consider yourself to be an enlightened being, is to enhance your own happiness.  What makes you happy, dear reader, and is that happiness a form of enlightenment?

Are you happier when you attempt to have an realistic view of life, or when you imagine the possibilities of an afterlife, or even oblivion?  And where may a realistic view of the mortal world be found?  If you have never or rarely had any privileges in your total or recent experiences of existence, how may your insights assist societies to make better moral and political decisions?


Whatever your current situation, here are some important questions to reflect upon:


Where do you find happiness?

a) By eating and drinking

b) By developing healthier thinking

c) By shopping and partying



Where do you find truth?

a) By engaging a good-looking consultant

b) By listening to a news bulletin

c) By seeking enlightened assistance



Perhaps it is important for all of us to listen more to morticians rather than to politicians regarding the future of society.  You may even believe, as many artists do, that Professor Aligheri's poetical imaginings about an afterlife are similar to the material consequences of an open-cut mining boom, especially below the mortal surface.

If you are in Australia, and you experience a life crisis or existential emergency, an enlightened thing to do might be to contact some sort of service seeking to assist you.  If you are in South Australia and you need some extra support, there are many persons who claim to be available to provide the care and attention you deserve, whoever you may be, at all hours of the day and night.

And I do hope you find my blog-pamphlets to be reasonably supportive of both your mortal existence and your morality.