Message from @Hagel
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IS THAT IT DOES NOT EMPHASIZE DISCIPLINE
DRUG ADDICTION... THAT IS A HARD ONE
THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT THERE MUST BE A WILL TO STOP TAKING DRUGS
AND THAT THIS WILL
COMES FROM A SENSE OF WHAT IS MISSED
he is super nihilistic
and actually autistic
NIHILISM IS A USEFUL GUIDE
WHAT CAN BE DONE INSTEAD WITH THIS TIME/ENERGY?
DISTRACTION DOES NOT WORK
USED AS ESCAPE, DRUGS = TELEVISION
East Asian meditation is good, but bärsärkagång is better
there can be nothing done with that time if he has no goals like creating a family
and he hates woman
so there are no long term goals only short term pleasure
@Hagel WHAT IS "bärsärkagång"?
@Angry German IF HE HAS NO LONG TERM GOALS, THEN HE IS A FATALIST
HE NEEDS TO DISCOVER SOMETHING THAT MOTIVATES HIM
IF ONLY AN IMPULSE TO DESTROY
Literally, to walk berserk. But I mean that it is a better way to be. It is not even, and so is not a good shield against suffering, but it is the most conducive to great deeds
SOUNDS LIKE: SODOMIZE THE WEAK!
ACTING THROUGH PASSION
WORKS UNTIL MOMENTUM FADES
EVENTUALLY IT BECOMES A DISCIPLINE
sodomize the strong
EGALITARIANISM
IN A NUTSHELL
It really doesn't surprise me that conservatives in the west have such a bad opinion on eastern traditions
I was researching something lately
And I only come up on stupid self-help websites with words "healing" "karma" and such in their names
completely misinterpreting and (what is the proper word for making something plebeian ?) every doctrine
to be worse, they rely on whatever is taught on tibet or china or elsewhere since that is the "source", even though traditions over there have become folkishly over-elaborate
THEY NEED TO MAKE IT INTO A PRODUCT
EXOTIC + INDIVIDUALISTIC WILL WORK
It' something like what has happened with western thought as well
they take something that is symbolic, but that simply doesn't mean "too much" if you get what I mean, and ascribe it very complex and elaborate symbolism for the symbolism's sake
I think what you are talking about is the modern western interpretation of eastern traditions, which is to say the least very biased and plebianized. I have quite limited knowledge about eastern tradition only read one book that went over them with a big brush but especially buddhism and to a smaller degree its "predecessors" were definetly not egalitarian in any sense of the word, enlightenment(Which meant different things at different times, some mean atma the realization of ones inner self, buddha something else i am not 100 % what exactly atm) was only achieved by those that were capable of freeing themselves from desires as they were seen as the origin of everything bad, so there were different masters (Buddha was just one of them) that showed or develped different methods/variations to achieve that, withdrawl from the physical world, through meditation and yoga etc., a lot of time had to be invested for this kind of stuff and most werent capable of doing that and were bound to be reborn. And only those that were of special predisposition and spent the time to achieve that state of mind achieved nirvana and thereby were freed from eternal ressurection.
@The Enlightened Shepherd Could you give a symbol as an example?
For example I was reading about Mahakala