this book is hard; it's making me think and I can't think at night so I'm probably going to have to reread this before moving on but for the sake of the blog project (bloject) I'll scribble out what I can.
"try to exclude the possibility of suffering which the order of nature and the existence of free wills involve, and you find that you have excluded life itself"
suffering is a part of life.
but suffering is not life, conversely, Joy is a part of life, but it is not life. and whatever aspect of life I want to mention, ultimately, it is not what the definition of life is.
a game is where someone wins or loses, but if winning or losing is what a game is, then there would be no point in continuing the game ever again once a winner or loser is found? a game is played because it is a game. (this sounded better in my head)
life is lived not to seek joy, not to seek suffering but to exercise the free will given to you, then experiencing the vast selection of emotion coming from your choices is secondary. some seek pleasure, victory, peace, power, and it is in their ability to do so through their free will.
God gave free will as a gift, maybe not even a gift, maybe it was built into our design. when the creation finds his freedom and his voice and uses it to glorify his Creator instead of chasing life's sensations, maybe that's what He's waiting for still.
it'll make more sense later.
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