Ok so I have a friend in a bad place, and I feel I should be providing rational sensible arguments about why he should continue struggling through life.
However, when I was in his position I just had a strange thing happen to me, I was walking through the park at the lowest point in my life and suddenly my perception of the world shifted instantly. Suddenly it was all so beautiful, the clouds, the trees the grass, everything was just so vivid and alive and I just thought "how come I've never realised that this world is so amazing?", and then suddenly everything went back to normal.
So what do I tell my friend? Stuff you find in the textbooks or to become one with the universe? Ok I know there's no real answers, for some people religion may help and for others it doesn't. What works for one doesn't work for all. So do you just say "I can't help you, you have to find your own answers and your own meaning?" but that seems kind of rubbish for someone who wants help. Any thoughts?
However, when I was in his position I just had a strange thing happen to me, I was walking through the park at the lowest point in my life and suddenly my perception of the world shifted instantly. Suddenly it was all so beautiful, the clouds, the trees the grass, everything was just so vivid and alive and I just thought "how come I've never realised that this world is so amazing?", and then suddenly everything went back to normal.
So what do I tell my friend? Stuff you find in the textbooks or to become one with the universe? Ok I know there's no real answers, for some people religion may help and for others it doesn't. What works for one doesn't work for all. So do you just say "I can't help you, you have to find your own answers and your own meaning?" but that seems kind of rubbish for someone who wants help. Any thoughts?