Loss of Perception: Acquisition of apathy...(cont)
CHAPTER 2: let me rephrase that
So perhaps what fulfills me is the sense of nothingness – so therefore fulfillment is the acquisition of a state of being absolutely devoid of feeling – devoid of the feeling associated with the pursuing of lofty goals.
The Pandemic as a Catalyst for Institutional Innovation
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The following essay is adapted from a talk given on May 5 at Radical May, a
month-long series of events hosted by a consortium of fifty-plus book
publish...
3 years ago
Isn't buddhism grand? Could it be another rationale for obedience? Reject all emotion and desire ... or not reject, as that implies values and connection, but be the observer and don't get sucked in by the momentary, emotions, thoughts, etc. Doesn't it all sound so sterile? But we aren't allowed to be sad, happiness is such a shallow goal, goals in themselves are merely desires and we suffer in the first place because we want. So we can't want but we can't possibly be satisfied with isness. Hence we consume as some sort of existential solution to the problem ... the vacuity of mindless distraction from over connection to our investment in life.
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