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Its not so much, "it's your own fault" as it is,"You can still take control of the situation"
by nhumrich 6y ago
Its not so much, "it's your own fault" as it is,"You can still take control of the situation"
- MrBuddyCasino 6y agoYes, there is some Buddhist-flavoured insight in there. 1) you cannot control the world around you 2) you can only control how you react to the world around you 3) to tie your happiness to things you cannot control is to suffer Once you internalize this, you will identify attempts to circumvent this truth, and why they are ultimately self-defeating.
- Majestic121 6y agoPretty interesting that you map this mentality to Buddhism, when I knew it from Stoicism. I wonder if they ever influenced each other, or if those principles where 'discovered' independently ?
- MrBuddyCasino 6y agoTo me it certainly seems like they share some core insights. The main difference is meditation, which is really the core of Buddhism.
- chillacy 6y ago> 1) you cannot control the world around you It's definitely not either/or, sometimes you can change the world a little bit by making a post that says "please be nice". Or the way I see it: be prepared to step in shit sometimes but if street defecation is not culturally accepted, your walks will be nicer.