This was an allusion to a Buddhist teaching. If you pay close attention, you will notice that every conscious experience is marked by impermanence, dissatisfaction, and emptiness.
The truth hurts, as that unspecified "they" say. Why orient around what? The depressing premise or the magical thinking?
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The depressing premise. Buddha's idea is this is fundamental truth, but I'd be inclined to say that's one of those "even if true, how relevant is it?" kind of deals. There are other fundamental truths you might be able to ascertain as well. Should those also form religions?
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It's relevant because, according to the teaching, when you fully understand this truth, you cease to be surprised when suffering happens. This leads to a kind of "meta-okay-ness" (credit to Kenneth Folk for that term) that is present even with negative experiences.
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In other words, you stop taking your experience so seriously. Also, was the Buddha (insofar as he was a real person) trying to form a religion? I don't know that he was.
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