Voidian

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The last thing people want is to stop wanting⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh yeah lol I was actually thinking about it when I wrote that but I forgot where I heard it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The last thing people want is to stop wanting⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  There’s a misconception that to practice non-attachment, you have to literally live in a cave. There’s a very large part of Buddhism that is geared for people who are still fully engaged in life. In fact many think it’s the more spiritually challenging route because you’d have to live in the middle of all the temptations, turmoil and drama, without getting lost in it. The joke is that a family dinner is a good litmus test for how well one is doing. It’s a process of constantly letting issues arise, being with the response that arises in you, and if an action must come, learning how to take the action through compassion. That allows for even political activism - it’s just fueled by wishing people happiness, not by wanting to see the other side lose. The non-attachment is in not believing that the outcome one prefers is the outcome that should come about. But it’s fine to work towards a goal, as one would in a video game.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The last thing people want is to stop wanting⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨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.

• The last thing people want is to stop wanting
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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨People don't really know their own motivation for their actions⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I had a lot of things happen in my head when I started to listen to Harris’ meditation stuff. Getting the free will thing was a huge relief. Been a while but I recall this was a great bit on it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨There should be a 'Political Showerthoughts': so there's a place for such thoughts⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Nobody is gatekeeping what topics you can have a showerthought on. But people are allowed to choose to not read them. Or create spaces where certain topcis are not welcome.