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I'm a materialist, but the discomfort is still there. Intellectual philosophy (moral relativism, illusion of self, etc.) is insoluble to the emotions we evolved
by shrimp_emoji 8y ago
I'm a materialist, but the discomfort is still there. Intellectual philosophy (moral relativism, illusion of self, etc.) is insoluble to the emotions we evolved with. (Take the fear of death.)
- trevyn 8y agoDisagree, it is possible to eliminate fear of death (and all emotions) on this path.
- shrimp_emoji 8y agoLol! Well, if you have, I envy you. But I doubt it. I think there's legends of a test for master zen monks to see whether they've cultivated enough control over themselves to not react when they have a finger or hand cut off. But, if it's even possible to shed your displeasure of pain, death, and all other things and go through your daily life like that until it's over, I think it's inaccessible to most people. (With normal lives, at any rate; if you said you have to do master-level zen meditation or be under heavy sedation for most of the day, I would say that doesn't count. : p)