this is also known as “does a tree clap in a forest if only one hand hears it” (paraphrasing)
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the former requires you to chase greater and greater ascensions towards godhood as you understand the complexities of reality. the latter requires faith in something more intelligent and power than you are. humility is necessary for non-resentful servitude.
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to hope for tomorrow is to insist on being there to watch when It Happens to have faith is to know that you will be called if you are needed and be content to serve when It Happens
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to be optimistic is to believe in a better tomorrow. but there is always tomorrow and “I” cannot chase every tomorrow without constantly feeling lack.
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to be pessimistic is to believe that tomorrow is not worth it. thus there is no need for an “I” as there is no where to go and no leader required for the leading.
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thus virtuous pessimism should not exist. consciousness should not call YOU into existence if your are not necessary. if you DO exist as a pessimist you are a leader without a destination. a shepherd without sheep. you are standing alone because you are not needed.
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why are you there? because you insisted on existing. by sheer force of will and habit and desperation. you wanted to be here. that is the irony of pessimism. it is made up of hope.
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and hope... is the final desperate plea of the hopeless. only the hopeless hope. it is all they have.
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