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Consider that some people have gotten past it, and that it's not a "cope". Enlightenment is real even if it horrifies you because you aren't there yet.
by saulpw 1y ago
Consider that some people have gotten past it, and that it's not a "cope". Enlightenment is real even if it horrifies you because you aren't there yet.
- kiba 1y agoSure if it helps you sleep at night, but it also leads to a lot of unhealthy behaviors such as drinking, smoking, and not taking care of yourself.
- tick_tock_tick 1y agoEnlightenment is cope. It's literally coping so hard you enjoy the cope itself.
- username135 1y agoI've visited that space before. Its greatest tragedy isn't the ideas it births, but how seductive the nihilism becomes. You recognize its smallness once you've outgrown it.
- saulpw 1y agoIf it's nihilism, it's not enlightenment! There is still/more meaning in impermanence.