Science, Religion, Politics and in the pursuit of truth – HappyPsychotic

“If you close your eyes, does the world still exist?”. Of course, I would have laughed at the stupidity of this question for most of my life because I believed in absolute truth and reality. Now, as I lean more towards Buddhist views, I see that “reality” is only “reality” to you as you experience it.

He knew dying is rarely dignified or beautiful. Yet he saw clearly the dangers of spending his days running away from it. So instead he entered the death machine, faced its perils and then stepped away. The risks he faced only kept him more keenly alive.

At the base the theory is the same as the empathetic civilization in that humans evolved to have mirror neurons, which allow for empathy. It is important to understand that this is quite a unique evolutionary trait.

I suppose the biggest thing I’m thinking about right now is her suggestion that the meaning of life is to work hard to accomplish something. She implies that if we work hard, create something, be successful then you will be happy and you have helped the world. This philosophy is directly opposed to the Buddhist one which says that we should just accept that nothing is truly fulfilling in life and that we shouldn’t strive to accomplish something big because we will end up being disappointed.

It had to be asked: What was it I was so attached to? Is it just something in the imagination? When you have done time in a mental hospital, that is never a trivial question. If he wasn’t just imaginary, then where did he go? Do real things just disappear like that? If they do, then the conservation laws of physics are in trouble. But if we stay with the laws of physics, then the Chris that disappeared was unreal. Round and round and round. He used to run off like that just to make me mad. Sooner or later he would always appear, but where would he appear now? After all, really, where did he go?