Introduction

       You are about to read philosophy. My philosophy. Now this will not be a conventional philosophy reading. In fact, quite the contrary. This is simply an introduction to the daily thoughts of Orange Mist, me. I don’t hold these thoughts to be all inclusive nor do I think they are necessarily right. These are my thoughts on life, society, and the way we think. Often I will see something, or something will happen to me, or I will think of something, or I will meet someone who inspires these thoughts. What you are about to read is meant to provoke thoughts. It is up to you to build upon them. Perhaps they have some truth, perhaps they are simply the ramblings of someone who just wants to write what he thinks. I think it should be obvious to  the reader so far that I do not hold myself to be right. I understand I am ignorant in many matters – the most prominent being relationships and love: I realize I have no authority to comment on such matters because I have never been in love. I may try to ponder notions based on love, but I understand that  I may, and probably am, very wrong. Perhaps there are no all-inclusive philosophies. Perhaps there is no such thing as universal laws. Maybe life is just mystical and completely random. Nevertheless, it is obvious that patterns do exist in this universe. Therefore, I will try to explore such patterns as based on today’s society because everything I think and feel is based, in one way or another on what society has showed me.   I will attempt to rise above society, but I truly have doubts if it is possible.

Ignorance

       I would also like to explore ignorance. Sometimes I look back at something I did years, maybe even months ago and I feel so ignorant. At the time I though I was so smart and right and now looking back I see how immature I was. Will I ever grow out of this ignorance? At one time I thought I was not ignorant towards most aspects of life. Apparently I couldn’t be more wrong. Even a couple of weeks ago I had a discussion with my father. He got very angry with me and I started to get righteous and tried to sound sophisticated to try to express the point that my father was being out of line. Why did I do this? I felt so smart and educated, so right and so diplomatic. But now that I look back, I see that I just wanted him to admit he was wrong. How immature of me. People go throughout their lives as ignorant. No one is truly wise. As one gets older they usually get more wise, but never reach a climax. No matter how wise someone is, he or she is still infinitely ignorant. Nobody completely grows out of this “eternal ignorance”. We will never truly understand the world and everything that makes it work. We can only try to understand more. But why do we want to understand the world? Why not just live it? That notion will be explored in a later article.

Work

      I love work. Actually, I love the sense of accomplishment more than anything. I love the feeling of having just finished something substantial. Work is what we are made for. We are not alive to just sit back and watch the world around us. Living means going out and getting something done. Work for the sake of work. But perhaps there is more to it. Perhaps there is a reason why we spend more time working than “living life”. I have thought about this and come to the conclusion as to why people cherish work so much. Forgetting the monetary gains that work entails, it tricks people into believing there’s a meaning to life. Work tricks people into believing that they are here for a reason, and it brings people joy to do so. The purpose of life is to just have fun and enjoy life. If delusional notions such as work ethic bring happiness into life, why should one suppress it with rational thought? Just as material things might bring joy to someone, false notions should also be used. Happiness is a more important virtue than real truth. Why wouldn’t it be if that’s what life is all about – happiness? 

Universal Laws

        Now what you are about to read here is a little different from my usual writings. Its a little scientific, a little philosophical... bare with me here.

      How do we know that there are universal governing laws? Well, it is an accepted fact that no laws truly exist in this universe that are always true. There are always contradictions. One could then apply this "true" postulate to deduce that it must be wrong because there can be now laws (or factual postulates for that matter) including the above mentioned. Therefore, there are governing laws in this universe.

      But wait. What if we took a step back 100 years and claimed the universe did in fact have laws. Then comes the 20th century empiricism and people say that no laws are definite due to the substantial amount of contradictory results. Then we can (illegally) postulate that there are no governing laws. This may seem more feasible in today's scientific outlook on the universe but it is nowhere nearer to the truth than the contrary.

      The point: the very essence of the universe guarantees the existence of order and "governing laws". But from where did these laws arise? From randomness. There is only so much matter in this limited governing sphere (AKA the universe). It is then assumed that only so many permutations of the matter in this universe can be made. The result: a random universe that at any given time has a set of governing principles. Herein lies the problem: these laws can change or even cease to exist at any given time. Due to this, we have a problem in our lifelong attempt to understand the universe. Can we ever actually fully discover, or even comprehend the governing laws? The answer to this is probably not. So then what's the point? Well, there is no other point. Knowledge is our quest. This is the point.