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Do you have a mantra that keeps you going through tough times? (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago by tourist@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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"it do be like that sometimes" is starting to lose it's magic a little

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[-] Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

Fate is inescapable to both protagonists as antagonists. Death remains the great equalizer across all layers of society.

[-] zakobjoa@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

I'm not sure how "Your choices don't matter and you'll all die anyway." is supposed to keep people going, but okay.

[-] Nemo@midwest.social 5 points 10 months ago

A lot of us are more worried about making wrong choices than we should be.

[-] intensely_human@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

Don’t ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive, and go do that, because what the world needs is people who have come alive.

— Howard Thurman

[-] Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

YMMV but to me it's a comforting thought that, in the very end, nothing you do actually matters. From the most insignificant pauper to Musk, eventually we all die, rot, fade away and are forgotten.

That may be sad, but it liberates you in this moment. It does for me somewhat, anyway.

[-] intensely_human@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago

Hey I just want to say that in my own life, I had a rough upbringing. Lots and lots and lots of emotional abuse, and it wrapped me in a cocoon of inhibition. I was terrified of taking on shame, so I didn’t want to do anything.

The perspective you’re referring to did indeed help me escape the cocoon of fear, to allow me to try things that I was afraid could possibly go wrong.

I took it pretty far. I did intense zen training for about three years, and about nine years in total. I pursued “no self” pretty hard, and it was helpful.

However, at a certain point I had to switch polarity in order to progress. At a certain point I had freed myself of the initial terror of action, but it wasn’t working. The next step, which took me beyond that place, was to reverse that orientation and find things that really did matter.

Not saying you’re wrong. Just saying be prepared to switch vehicles at a certain point. As the buddha said: When you get to the other side of the river, leave the boat behind.

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