Trying to live while I am still breathing, via the practice of thinking!
All are related. The only reality is relationships. Each of us is alone in this living of life, by ourselves in our body, with a thinking process, which develops a self which is absolutely alone.
Paradigms – I am thinking that a person cannot think about something without a structure to think within as a paradigm. The paradigms are such things as culture, value system, a god-believing practice, political belief, Klingon cultural practice, American values, ethnic group values, scientific practice, capitalism, socialism, or whatever paradigm you use to think about your living your life.
If you have a desire to live while you are still alive then you must understand the paradigms that are running your life. If you do not understand that this process is happening, then I would describe your existence as robotic. A set/reset existence. I use an image of a robot that has a basic program that operates, the hardwired biological stuff. The biological materiality gives us a hardwired body, which is then loaded with algorithms or paradigms to think about living your life. On your own thinking, happens when you recognize the paradigms and choose this one that one on your own. The choice is not on your own unless you see the paradigms, I am assuming that seeing on your own is possible, not sure.