The Absurd

The Absurd

1.  The Men - Ailment
2.  Nice Face - Nobody's Dead Here
3.  Company - Waiting For Saints To Arrive
4.  Merchandise - I Know The Light in Your Hall
5.  A Place to Bury Strangers - Ocean
6.  Das Oath - Great News From The South Pole
7.  Sex Church - Mistaken
8.  Oblivians - Can't Afford You
9.  Different Skeletons - Samsonite
10.  Major Organ and the Adding Machine - Life Form (Transmission Received)
11.  Merchandise - Foolish

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All of humankind seek to find some form of ultimate meaning in life but to actually do so is humanly impossible.  Ultimately, the individual can never truly be certain about anything, especially when one considers the vast, nearly infinite amount of unknown information still inhabiting the known (and ever expanding) universe.  Eventually the individual will reach a stage of disharmony upon the realization that their "unique" voyage for a parsimonious, universal truth cannot be reconciled in a world born out of pure chaotic coincidence.  The individual has now faced the realization of The Absurd and must choose how to respond:

I)                    Suicide

Suicide, the option of taking one’s own life to simply escape existence, is one possible response that is not a truly viable option.  To end existence in the face of Absurdity does not actually counter the Absurd, rather it is simply a submission into a new form of the Absurd that is of equal or greater value in nature.

II)                  Spiritual Belief Beyond the Absurd

The individual may alternatively choose to believe in some spiritually transcendental realm beyond The Absurd that actually contains an ultimate meaning.  This belief is not rational as there is no tangible or provable ground to assert such a notion and, as a result, this pious assertion is itself a form of philosophical suicide.  If the individual chooses to reject this method they are faced with one final, viable strategy:

III)                Acceptance of the Absurd

The individual simply accepts the lack of ultimate meaning and concedes to the Absurd, choosing to continue to exist in spite of the Absurdity of the Universe.  The active revolt against the Absurd paired with the simultaneous acceptance that it is an unstoppable force of nature results in the individual creating their own form of personal meaning and allows the individual to achieve absolute freedom.

Accept the directionless commotion of the universe and drift along. Be content with your newfound freedom and take solace in the simple idea that we`re all floating along with you.