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It's funny, we have been conditioned to feel like life is short and we all have this need to make the most of it (whatever the fuck that means). But the latter
by 50 9y ago
It's funny, we have been conditioned to feel like life is short and we all have this need to make the most of it (whatever the fuck that means). But the latter is the very reason why we tend to suffer: we are attached to what is impermanent and become anxious trying to pin it down and make the ‘most’ of it. One of the teachings of buddhism is to recognize this impermance. Everything we think, see, or know is fleeting, without any substance of its own. This includes all emotions, as well as, the idea of being an individual that is born and dies. The phenomenal world appears but it is nothing but a dance of nothingness.
Everything already is. Relax. Nothing needs to be done. There is no need to be anything special. Look at the sky all night. Start a start-up. Stay in bed all day. It makes no difference. Whatever you are doing, you are already dancing in the dance of nothingness. Be there.
- bpchaps 9y agoThe problem with this idea is that it ignores the suffering of others. Not to say that we should all invest our entirety into helping others, but this sort of thinking puts those interested in helping others into a weird exclusionary position. In other words, never forgot about those who choose to "throw their body on the gears".