Whats wrong with living the "normie life"?

[Av2521]

Three years ago Leo posted something about living the normie-life (see uploaded image attached) and this post stuck with me ever since. Leo was connecting a negative touch with it, but for me the normie-life brings simplicity, easiness and peace with it. You can let yourself fall without being confused or paralyzed by all the choices around you.

 

In the end we all want to live a happy life, so why not stick to some fundamentals and to simplicity. Life will be good.

 

Im gonna build myself a "normie life" because thats where happiness will be in the end I think. 

 

What do you think?

[Thought Art]

What matters is what you think 😀

[aurum]

There's nothing wrong with it per se if that's what you want.

Most of us here just aren't interested in that.

 

[soos_mite_ah]

I think it mainly comes down to living for happiness vs living for fulfillment, meaning, and challenging yourself to do more. The things mentioned above can also manifest in fulfilling and meaningful ways but that's something you need to come to your own conclusions for and craft a life accordingly rather than passively go on the path of least resistance.

Religion can be a big source of meaning for a lot of people and manifest in a healthy way but that doesn't mean that it's the answer for everyone and their source of meaning. And a strong family and social ties are pretty important imo regardless of how much of a normie life you want to ascribe to or not since as people we're hardwired to connect with others, even if it's something little as engaging on a forum. 

[Puer Aeternus]

1 hour ago, aurum said:

There's nothing wrong with it per se if that's what you want.

Most of us here just aren't interested in that.

 

Straight up, honestly we are just built different somehow. But not in a we are so much better way.

So many times I've looked in the mirror. Wondered why I was interested in this stuff. Even though it hurt so much to deconstruct. I couldn't stop. 

Those who want a normal live will live a normal life. Nothing wrong with that and could've easily been you.

Humans just have different abilities, attractors in life, and a bunch of other unfathomable things my pea sized mind cannot fathom that make people do and be what they are.

[Leo Gura]

It's cute that you think normies are happy.

[Puer Aeternus]

1 minute ago, Leo Gura said:

It's cute that you think normies are happy.

I'm sure many would be even less happy if they tried to kill their egos.

[aurum]

6 hours ago, Puer Aeternus said:

Straight up, honestly we are just built different somehow. But not in a we are so much better way.

It's about ego development.

[Puer Aeternus]

3 minutes ago, aurum said:

It's about ego development.

Ya, that's definitely one frame you can look at it through.

[Deziree]

Depends on what fulfills you personally.

A sugary orange colored artificially flavored drink or a banana smoothie. 

Your choice. 

[Av2521]

@Leo Gura When life is simple and all the big questions are answered by religion you create a high chance for happiness. Plus family (wife, children, siblings etc.) give you support.

 

Why shouldn‘t you be happy, if you can let yourself fall?

[Leo Gura]

10 minutes ago, Av2521 said:

@Leo Gura When life is simple and all the big questions are answered by religion you create a high chance for happiness. Plus family (wife, children, siblings etc.) give you support.

 

Why shouldn‘t you be happy, if you can let yourself fall?

It really boils done to intelligence. If you got low intelligence you can be happy with simple ignorant things.

It's easy to please a dog.

Edited June 25 by Leo Gura

[JosephKnecht]

Are these the words of a happy person or a sad one? 

 

What is he missing to be happy? 

Quote

You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink.

The more you force him to drink, the more you drown him. 

Eventually, they will get thirsty, so they must drink. 

Be water, my friend. 

 

Edited June 26 by JosephKnecht

[Schizophonia]

Leo is cool but he's a little neurotic.

 

[Twentyfirst]

It's about consciously choosing it. If you know about both choices but choose the normie life simply because you want it and not out of laziness or fear then it's fine. Just don't lie to yourself about it because you will always have an internal tug of war that destroys you and everyone around you. But even the normies can't normie correctly. You can do quiet, simple, small things like make beautiful amazing candles or soaps or whatever else and have an internal peace about you but they just watch Netflix and burp 

[Av2521]

You can live the normie life and do spirituality at the same time. Of course there won‘t be much time left for spirituality, if you‘re busy with the normal life. One has to choose, what he/she wants to sacrifice.

 

[SOUL]

People often confuse 'simple' with 'stupid' as if having an uncluttered and uncomplicated mental life means you're uneducated, ignorant or unintelligent.

You know what is cluttered and complicated? This forum and the endless contention and fretting about complex abstractions. There's no authority to suggest it's required, truth or better.

You know what is simple? Just being present. There are no complicated rationalizations or explanations required for just being present.

People often confuse 'happy' as something which can be satisfied through conditions. If I just get this or do that, accomplish this or have it arranged like that...THEN I'll be happy.

Whether it's spirituality or materialistic, both are conditional that people use to get 'happiness', which is really just a mood that is then ruled by conditions that can be disrupted by them.

So it doesn't matter how simple or complex those conditions are if we base one's happiness on it that can be prevented or destroyed by them.

To abide in a sense of well being with the effects of contentment, fulfillment, joy and love that comes with it so it is not disturbed or disrupted we can just be it unconditionally, not base it on conditions.

[koops]

Depends on the person.
My guess is that 90% of people don't even know that there is another way to live.

Tell someone to start an online business, so they can travel the world and make money while they sleep.

Tell someone to learn and practice pickup and new sex techniques, so they can can a great romantic and sexual life.

Tell someone to go to the gym/do calisthenics/conscious movement, and have a clean nutritious diet.

Tell someone to meditate, do yoga, try psychedelics, solo retreats and read profound books about spirituality and philosophy, so they can awaken.

Tell people to go into wild adventures and do hard weird stuff.
 

Nah, most people would tell you that those things are not worthy or imposible.

It doesn't even go through their minds that such possibilities exist.

 

 

[Husseinisdoingfine]

I actually do have a sincere question about normies.

But can normies be naturally nice people? For normies, people who don't do spirituality or self-help work, does well mannered behavior, politeness, and being a nice happy person come from a genuine place, or is it all a mask?

Is rudeness caused by an artificial environment? I know there's reports of simple tribal people and villagers being very polite to western observers. 

[Schizophonia]

5 hours ago, Husseinisdoingfine said:

I actually do have a sincere question about normies.

But can normies be naturally nice people? For normies, people who don't do spirituality or self-help work, does well mannered behavior, politeness, and being a nice happy person come from a genuine place, or is it all a mask?

Is rudeness caused by an artificial environment? I know there's reports of simple tribal people and villagers being very polite to western observers. 

I like how nobody here consider himself like a normie.