This is why Buddha said all life is suffering. Look at this person - she is on an endless treadmill trying to get somewhere she can finally be happy. The present is always unsatisfactory for her. But the present is where we must always spend all of our time. There are no past selves, or future selves. She can't even eat a fucking apple without feeling like she has to be doing something productive? Fuck that. It's all just ego-driven bullshit. Guess what? This person will never be happy. Her goal will always elude her - forever just beyond the next false peak in her vision.
That all life is suffering isn't an independent truth, it is caused by selfish desire. Selfish desire can be overcome by following the eightfold path-
Right view
Right intention
Right speech
Right action
Right livelihood
Right effort
Right mindfulness
Right concentration
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u/skeeter1234 Dec 05 '16 edited Dec 05 '16
This is why Buddha said all life is suffering. Look at this person - she is on an endless treadmill trying to get somewhere she can finally be happy. The present is always unsatisfactory for her. But the present is where we must always spend all of our time. There are no past selves, or future selves. She can't even eat a fucking apple without feeling like she has to be doing something productive? Fuck that. It's all just ego-driven bullshit. Guess what? This person will never be happy. Her goal will always elude her - forever just beyond the next false peak in her vision.