Experiencing Life: Living Rather Than Becoming

A philosophical inquiry into the relationship between living, psychological becoming, time, conditioning, and observation. The paper questions why human beings continually postpone experiencing life in pursuit of imagined futures and examines the possibility of living without making achievement or identity the centre of existence.

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Journal
Open Science Framework
Published
2026-11-04
DOI
https://doi.org/10.17605/osf.io/7qtdk
Primary Topic
Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy
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Experiencing Life: Living Rather Than Becoming

Mayank Singh
Open Science Framework
Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy
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Experiencing Life: Living Rather Than Becoming

Mayank Singh
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Abstract

A philosophical inquiry into the relationship between living, psychological becoming, time, conditioning, and observation. The paper questions why human beings continually postpone experiencing life in pursuit of imagined futures and examines the possibility of living without making achievement or identity the centre of existence.

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