Agent smith had some nuggets of wisdom though I disagree with his ways. Humans are like viruses that develop a piece of land until all natural resources and life is destroyed and move to the next.
I know not all humans but still that quote has stuck with me.
Thank you for all the microplastics in my brain.
The govt that ordered police to beat up peaceful protesters now forgives them. How kind.
Why are all world leaders so evil nowadays?
of turning 6
Our views on that might be very similar, but we just word them differently
Yes it does seem so! letting go means you neither want it nor don't want it because both are some forms of attachment. When you let go of it, you become perfectly accepting of everything around you. So they are related at least if not the same.
Everyting going just how you want it to
Interesting. If we can enter and live in such a world perhaps there's no need for mental training and philosophy.
If happiness is just circumstances or chemistry, then so is suffering. In that case we don't need to let go of attachment, just the circumstances or chemistry that cause emotions in the first place.
There is some assymetry here. I believe fundamental goodness and happiness is the default mode of a mind. And suffering arises when your circumstances conflict with your attachments—basically when life gives you or takes away something against your wishes.
So yes you can attack this both angles. By training your mind to let go and accept everything or gaining full control over everything.
I find the latter very hard or impossible.
suffering is a reaction to negative stimuli
a conditioned response to stimuli that go against your attachments. Positive and negative are just perceptions colored by the mind based on attachments like survival.
Is watching your own life like a spectator not letting go of life itself
I have to be clear that this is more a direct realisation of truth than something you actively do.
You can use neurobiology to prove it and meditation to see it for yourselves. All thoughts, decisions etc happen unconsciously and then the consciousness becomes aware of it—like a spectator.
So it's simple. There's no need to play a game or to play it well or for longer. Or there's a need to to achieve anything. You are already there standing still in the bliss of the moment.
from birth you are pumped full of drugs that make you happy and hooked up to a simulation that makes you experience a perfect life
The brain adjusts back to normal levels of happiness after new circumstances or chemistry.
"perfection" is an imaginary concept. What do you mean by a perfect life?
Who is the shirtless guy?
Are we mixing philosophy and biology
I am not sure I mixed in much philosophy. I gave a scientific explanation because most people prefer it.
If we let go of all attachments in this perspective, we let go of life itself
We don't let go of life but our attachment to it. You train to watch it happen and end like a spectator. Then you won't feel a rush when good things happen which inevitably leads to a low (suffering) when they end. You will also accept the bad things beyond control without suffering.
You will be in a steady state of happiness and peace.
there are other ways to avoid suffering
Like?
You can't avoid losing everything you call yours—including your loved ones. You can't avoid sickness and death.
My sanity. Imagine how bad it'd be if I went into the streets one day and started talking nonsense and throwing stones at people.
Just a small addition if you don't mind—we don't know whether the universe is finite or infinite. Intuitively, I prefer a finite universe because I can't wrap my head around actual infinities.
Locally flat or curved regions are possible in both cases.
Not necessarily. There can be meaning in suffering. You learn and change through it. And sometimes that's a positive change.
In my experience most urban hell is not walkable. You need a car to survive lol.
It's better to hike in a forest. At least you'll feel peaceful and healthy.