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Date Posted: 08:15:38 09/09/00 Sat
Author: Mariah
Subject: Hopelessness
In reply to: avalanche 's message, "Re: Hope" on 07:51:05 09/08/00 Fri

Hopelessness has no proper mind to determine anything.

It believes in nothing, by very definition.

> > Why? When even some of the strangest things that I've
> > ever hoped for has always come true, in one form or
> > another?
>
> illusions.
>
>
> >
> > Why wouldn't I believe that my biggest hope might not
> > also come true, given enough time?
>
> because it's a psychological impossibility, and even
> if it wasn't, your world must never be allowed to
> exist. anarchy is the only just system.
>
>
> >
> > If one hopes nothing, one gets nothing.
> >
> if one hopes alone, one still gets nothing.
>
>
>
> > If one has hope, there is always still hope to rely
> > upon. It is the rope when there seems to be no rope.
>
> a mere illusion.
>
>
> > But, I tell you there is a rope because I've grabbed
> > it and I hold on to it, and it is a different rope
> > than most speak of.
>
> your rope doesn't exist.
>
> >
> > Hopelessness causes inaction, and despair, and
> > depression, all of which get nowhere. Day-by-day is
> > the only way any long trip is traveled. Step by
> > painful step.
>
> you don't have a clue.
>
> >
> > Having no hope is like a man who sits in the desert
> > complaining that he has no water to drink, and
> > therefore he dies. It is always better to wander in
> > the desert even if the only hope one has is that the
> > next mirage might be a waterhole.
>
> hope is a delusion.
>
> > Without hope, a person realizes nothing. To get hope
> > back is the trick.
>
> without hope, a person realizes far more than with
> it.
> it's your hope that blinds you. it leads you away
> from hard rational thinking, which is the only thing
> that leads to realization.
>
> i exist solely to smash hope.

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Re: Hopelessness -- avalanche, 09:13:25 09/09/00 Sat