the purest embodiment of dharma is a prion which goes to show how fucked the association of "pure" with "good" is
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A self-fulfilling prophecy "In a logical system it is convenient enough to say that possibility passes over into actuality. In reality it is not so easy, and an intermediate determinant is necessary. That intermediate determinant is anxiety." -Kierkegaard, "The Concept of Dread"
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In other words: If we think knowing the present world-state is knowing how future outcomes will play out, then there's no need to be anxious. If we (like me) think that the future's potential hasn't been fulfilled yet, then we're aware of something unknowable and we feel anxiety.
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