Social and mass media seem to consist largely of bad advice on how to think, behave, live... And the appetite for such advice seems insatiable.
Yet we must live! And negative advice (about what Not to do) is useless unless embedded in a positive stance.
It strikes me as facile, because true, to strike down any positive agenda. On the other hand; unconscious, unthinking, spontaneity is also impossible - and would-be mystics of that kind are essentially fraudulent.
Also... Any words (or images - or perceptions) that purport to be helpful, must be understood and interpreted - meaning they don't tell us anything specific.
Yet we Must live; and if Not, then What?
It seems, therefore, that we are compelled to seek Good life advice on what we can know directly (without perceptions or concepts) and for ourselves.
There is nowhere else to turn - if we are explicitly honest with ourselves.
For Christians this is not, or should not be, a problem.
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