One needn't imagine Sisyphus...
One needn't imagine Sisyphus...
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It's not endless.
Thankfully death exists.
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I never thought of it that way. That's kind of nice.
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Looking at the Community rules, I don't see 'no Buddhism' so let's go
- life is suffering
- Suffering comes from attachment, craving, and ignorance, particularly craving for things that are impermanent
- Suffering can be overcome by eliminating the causes of suffering, specifically by extinguishing craving and attachment
- There's a whole step by step program for doing that which they say leads to the end of suffering
I've been working this program for a while and it seems pretty effective. I started with the question "what do you do when you want something you know you just can't have?" The only real answer I could come up with was to let go of wanting it. That led down the rabbit hole and now I'm typing out the four noble truths on a lemmy memes community.
To be honest, though, it's probably the most difficult task I've ever set out to achieve. So, yeah, there's no easy fix.
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life is suffering
Bro so true
Suffering comes from attachment, craving, and ignorance, particularly craving for things that are impermanent
How does neurological pain that is chronic and beyond apparent medical remedy fit into that categorization?
Suffering can be overcome by eliminating the causes of suffering
That seems tautological? But just axe my whole damn sensory receptors please
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How does neurological pain that is chronic and beyond apparent medical remedy fit into that categorization?
You did something fucked up in a past life I guess. ¯(ツ)/¯
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How does neurological pain that is chronic and beyond apparent medical remedy fit into that categorization?
Karma, something holding you back from the past, I guess.
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I think it WOULD be pretty fucking funny if a community had an "Absolutely NO Buddhism" rule.
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Wait! Am I a buddhist without even knowing it?
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It sure is a tricky one. Going down that path is counter-productive to achieving the things you want (obviously) so it's hard to convince yourself to do it. But also wanting to eliminate the suffering could be considered a craving as well, which just causes more suffering. I've taken few steps down that path, then a few back. Not sure where I stand now, but even those few steps can give some relief
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It wouldn't HAVE to be endless suffering if it wasn't for the majority of people living their lives for reasons besides than to be happy.
Making society and life in general more difficult just because "it brings us closer to God" is the wrong way to run things and always has been.
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It has its nice moments
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That's when you're walking downhill to get the boulder again
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So, maybe the people expecting life to not be suffering are the mad ones.
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Bad meme but I'm upvoting anyway because it introduced me to the historymemes comm and that makes me happy. Thank.
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It didn't have to be, but somewhere along the line we fucked up and fucked up bad.
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Always will be
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Never has been.
There is meaning in the endless toil, one can find peace in knowing that the boulder will never reach the top. Let go of expecting a reward for reaching the top, and appreciate the rewards in pushing the boulder.
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