There is a whole religion based on wanting to stop wanting.
The last thing people want is to stop wanting
Submitted 3 weeks ago by Voidian@lemmy.dbzer0.com to showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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PiraHxCx@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
HubertManne@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
Its like the religion I give most credence to when keeping to the wanting to stop wanting.
Cevilia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
“You could make a religion out of this!”
givesomefucks@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Most people want to want for nothing…
But once that happens, then you start wanting the extra shit.
And humans are wired to never stop wanting extra shit, like through pretty much all of recorded history it has always taken a lot of work for someone to get to the point of wanting nothing once basic needs are met.
It’s something people devote literal lifetimes too, and still might not truly pull off.
Even if you meant it in a hyper pedantic way like seconds before death, they’d still all either want to live or want to die, the slice that truly wouldn’t care would be statistically insignificant
Disposabledoughman@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I want to want just enough so I can stop wanting
nymnympseudonym@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
All their wants do eventually stop, of course …
ambitious_bones@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Here we go Jacques Lacan…
IWW4@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Right on OP!
DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
buddhists have entered the chat
wait actually buddhists can’t enter the chat, that’s illegal
nymnympseudonym@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
Buddhist minds are so quiet The chat cannot enter them
Maiq@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
The chat is attachment. Too be free of suffering one must let the chat go.
Voidian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
The non-monk Buddhists who could enter chats are great actually. I mean those who actually actively practice meditation etc. Very friendly and down to earth.