Venting Realization about the interconnectedness of human pain.

[Two-jay]

I understood the simple reason why the Buddha never helped anyone directly, but helped those who approached him. Precisely, one cannot help those who do not want to be helped, because afterwards the ego of those people will end up hurting you.

The above is quite "pessimistic", because it reflects that humanity is doomed to repeat the same mistakes over and over again. The interconnections of pain will only continue to spread until our ultimate extinction as a species. We can do nothing but transform ourselves until we achieve a definitive dissolution of the mental construct we have built of ourselves, or the so-called “ego”. Again, this is pessimistic because to achieve that requires a long work of meditation, facing painful truths, and the trauma we have each received.

In conclusion, the best we can do is to transform ourselves. Take care of our physical and mental health until the consequent deterioration of this body. If possible, meditate to appease the fear of dying if it terrifies you.

 

[newsincerity]

why would he have any reason to help someone in the first place

 

[Two-jay]

why would he have any reason to help someone in the first place

He had the conditioning for empathy which produces thoughts of "I want to reduce the suffering of others". Thus the body-mind goes into action and does what it can with what it has in relation to the enviroment.

 

[newsincerity]

He had the conditioning for empathy which produces thoughts of "I want to reduce the suffering of others". Thus the body-mind goes into action and does what it can with what it has in relation to the enviroment.

so he was fallible
this just makes Buddha the best self-help guru available at the time

 

[Two-jay]

so he was fallible
this just makes Buddha the best self-help guru available at the time

Is it me or are you just projecting your own need of a higher power onto my beliefs (which have moved far away from buddhism)?

 

[newsincerity]

Is it me or are you just projecting your own need of a higher power onto my beliefs (which have moved far away from buddhism)?

maybe I am idk

 

[Two-jay]

maybe I am idk

Honestly I find that if you have the capacity to believe you should do it.

From the psychoanalytic point of view, God serves a very important function. It acts both as a father and a mother. No wonder people who believe in it just become better at survival.

Or...

You could do just as me. Stop believing language is some sort of ultimate reality and take advantage of the unconscious benefits of it, basically using language as a tool and injecting empowering and wholesome beliefs such as "I am my own father" or "I am my own mother", and see how well they allow you to perform on real life.

 

[newsincerity]

Honestly I find that if you have the capacity to believe you should do it.

From the psychoanalytic point of view, God serves a very important function. It acts both as a father and a mother. No wonder people who believe in it just become better at survival.

Or...

You could do just as me. Stop believing language is some sort of ultimate reality and take advantage of the unconscious benefits of it, basically using language as a tool and injecting empowering and wholesome beliefs such as "I am my own father" or "I am my own mother", and see how well they allow you to perform on real life.

it's hard for me to see God as more than a metaphor for hidden human capability
don't partticularly feel the need