Many people ask me basic questions about Nihilism and so thought I would address them all here:
Notes: Nihilism studies have been interpreted by many who have not understood or have even abandoned Russian Nihilist, German Nihilist, or the historical influences of the times, and each generations misinterpretations of Nihilism and Nihilist. Nihilism was started by the people. You would have to read the "old stuff and study history to fully understand Nihilism. But most educated people base their understanding from universities and these universities come with "hidden hand" programming and or even directly from people's interpretations of Friedrich Nietzsche's writings. The fact is Nihilism did not originate from Nietzsche, sorry. Meanwhile, Nihilism in old Russia is never ever really discussed nor philosophical nihilist thinkers of the past, nor nihilist movements in Europe or elsewhere.
Many people believe some "fucked up shit" about Nihilism and Nihilist that they were sold from society, news, and the "hidden hand". So, to clear up the noise I hear people saying and asking me.
1.) Nihilist believe in themselves, the reason they say "they believe in "nothing" to most people, is in direct connection with question of a higher power aka God. They did not think that they would have to tell people that they believe in themselves, because they assumed most people had common sense, but for people to believe that Nihilist believe in nothingness, void, and emptiness is laughable to say the least. The mind is based on belief, therefore believing in nothing is still believing in something.
2.) The "hidden hand" knows that Nihilism is about no religion and no worship, so they play off the ignorance of people not knowing that Nihilism is a philosophy about life's design, and sell people in this "great country" the perception that Nihilism is bad. They do this by using the word nihilistic to refer to people they don't want people to listen to or like Obama said in one of he's speeches "Isis are nihilistic". Here is the thing people there were Russian and German philosophers who proved this philosophy to be true, so much so that they teach it in universities, so why would the deep state act like this. To make matters worse the Nazi's picked up a little liking to the thoughts and understandings in this philosophy, so why would the deep state, or even society not be told why they "really teach it." Because it calls into question the religious issue. What they also don't tell you is that Nihilism is not even wholly about religion. So, I will clear these things up below.
3.) Where do the notion "no morals" come from? This notion of inherit morality can be a confusing one, but lets try to make it simple, killing a person can be in self-defense and eating "killing" an animal is a requirement of life. Well I don't think people will question self-defense, although people might go into "feeling" bad that they had to take a persons life in self-defense, but talk to some Vegans and they might say "killing" animals to eat is not moral, but are they really correct, and then you will see want can happen to society when "morality" comes into play. So, is there a morally inherit right or wrong given to us as a species? Or, are we learning morality? Personally, I believe there is a inherit cause for morality, our consciousness, but this does not really tell us, we learn. So, can I tell a Vegan that its not unmoral, yes I can, but can they try to enforce their morality on me if they have "power", and now you see the problem that Nihilism is addressing. People's lack of understanding of the process of "morality". When we were developing we learned to stop hitting each other like Apes, right.
4.) Where did the notion of no purpose come from? The notion of no purpose is that life's design was created with a blank slate, meaning there is no inherit purpose nor meaning in life, like "no morals", we are born with a blank slate. This does not mean we can't give ourselves a purpose or meaning, and in fact, this is really already known to us, "life is what you make it". So, if you want to give yourself the purpose of being good on earth and going to heaven there is no one to stop you, but to say this is a fact of life, while I disagree. See, life by design and the Creator that created it, give me a blank slate, freedom to choose my own purpose and meaning. Now if a person believes the Creator came down and told them to tell me that this is my higher purpose, then I have to say, tell the Creator to tell me personally and on top of that of course what religion to believe in too. And I think you can get the picture here.
5.) If Nihilist believe in no morals and no purpose are they not destructive? As you can see we are not without right and wrong, nor a consciousness like everyone else, and we do have "belief" in ourselves, and give ourselves our own purpose and meaning in life, however, we also know that in the end, life is death and death is life, all we do on this earth will be "meaningless", this only means that "you can't take all the money you make when you die." Now, this is where it gets interesting, you have two choices, one "Except life for what it is, and throw it way and keep moving", or two "Except that life is about self-discovery and discovery in general". We discovered the dinosaurs right, while there is the great chain of life and discovery. " Can a person take all of this above an turn it into a weapon yes they can, they can tell you Nihilist believe in nothing, void, and emptiness and that the philosophy is dangerous, but I ask you is it really, or are they just unable to handle life.
6.) Do Nihilist feel lost? No I do not, Nihilist understand that life itself is their teacher, not people in this way and not what people believe in, nor God (Creator), but the Creator did design this universe we leave in, including this thing called life and the natural world, so I believe we should understand it's design and learn why it is the way its design and aka pay attention to life and life itself. Nihilist do not feel lost without a connection with the Creator, we understand that the Creator gave us all the tools we need to understand the design of life as described above and much more. In fact, I believe that this is why we have a mind, so that the Creator doesn't have to come down and give us instructions, we figure things out ourselves. The Creator knows each one of us, so to think that "my Creator" would not understand me is silly to me and even the notion of non-belief being a sin makes no sense at all.
7.) Do Nihilist believe there is a Creator? Yes we do, no religion, means no worship no deities. Nihilist understand that there is and have been a Creator connecting to people for 200,000 years. It has been playing a lot of identities from Mother Nature to Force to Paganism to God, it makes sense that it is with people, and that people are not making it up, however Nihilist understand that the Creator is not here for the reason stated in religion, because most religions have too much ignorance in them to be considered "acts of the Creator." We would agree that the Creator is simply validating its existence with our species. But to go further, I would say, we are an independent species, like all other species in the universe, and the Creator is only really teaching us about itself, and will leave when the time comes.
8.) Since Life Itself is the teacher, and morality comes from life itself, purpose comes from Self, and life is about self-discovery and discovery in general, and we are our own teacher, I see no reason to call Nihilist nor Nihilism destructive, but I can see how it can be perceived as destructive for some people who what to maintain their pre-conceived views about life in general or even ones that they were given by any means.
PS. Wrote this fast so sorry for any...o wants the point. LOL
"Life unquestioned is life lived in a religious state."
A nihilist is a man who doesn’t acknowledge any authorities, who doesn’t accept a single principle on faith, no matter how much that principle may be surrounded by respect.
— Ivan Turgenev
Understanding nihilism and univernaturalism:
http://counterorder.com/nihilism.html Freydis
or https://univernaturalism.com Nonelilian
Notes: Hidden hand agenda and their misinterpretation: Quote “those who are fit to rule are those who realize there is no morality and that there is only one ‘natural light’ — the right of the superior to rule over the inferior.” —from Shadia Drury, Leo Strauss and the American Right, 1997
Leo’s mentor was Carl Schmitt Hitler’s legal theorist.
