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Married people may be happier than single people, but widows are unhappier. Go figure.

No life strategy guarantees peace except renunciation, simplicity, and sobriety.

In my experience, the happily married are just deluded by society who approves of them. Kind of like the religious.

There is an illusion of permanence and safety. If you ask me, the only joy is in sobriety, renunciation, and silence. Nobody asked me though.

Do not condemn or envy the beautiful; it's not their choice to be pretty. It's the genetic lottery.

And if you are the beautiful, don't be proud of that. You didn't accomplish anything.

Abandon the second Noble Truth and there are left only 3: The Truth, the Truthteller, and the Way of Truth

But The Second Noble Truth is useful to be aware of, because probably it's true for most of us.

Blessed are the poor, but also the rich. Hopefully they're poor in spirit though.

Admittedly, humility is easier when you're actually poor. Rich people often start to believe, "I earned this."

Recognizing that what you are feeling is wrong is not ideal, whereas not wanting to feel such a way in the first place, can be.

The difference between, "You shouldn't desire," and "there IS no desire" is the necessity of effort

at the moment, I am too sick to desire.

When Gods said, "Don't do that" to Adam and Eve, they had a choice to endure suffering of craving and judgment until it faded. They chose poorly.

Happiness exists despite concerns.

the karma that bothered us before may not just change. How we think about it might.

God is Perfect. Nothing is perfect. God is (The Great) Nothing.

If someone was perfect in their last moment of life, they still likely had the capacity not to be.

If one is perfect sometimes, they are on a whole imperfect.

 A perfect game requires 27 outs, or 12 strikes. Probably no one can be, has been, or is constantly perfect... Even if they had a shift of mind.