it is dysfunctional to try and eliminate sadness or fear. just as courage is action in the presence of fear acceptance is joy in the presence of sadness
“the way out is through dissatisfaction” “ok, i have locked to door to dissatisfaction and threw away the key.” “wtf is wrong with you”
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“b b but that door leads to Death!” “every fucking door leads to death, that’s how this Life contract works” “no. i wanna be an immortal virus spreading the crystallized information of ME across the land”
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a few days later... “everyone! i am only in my early to mid twenties but i have figured out Everything!!! you know how the first noble truth is life is suffering? well the answer to that is life is not suffering! i shall call my new “Collective”: Budism With Only the Good Parts”
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the corporate overlords take notice “wait, you’re telling me these people won’t complain about ANYTHING and r always happy no matter what i tell them to do?? like, i can have my own cult? i will take everyone you have. here’s 100 million dolars”
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jk jk he did not get 100m he was just promoted to tech lead (it is always a he)
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