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Kakistokratic t1_jcev434 wrote

Reply to comment by Pirascule in I am worthy. [Image] by BodaciousRaven

I like Alan Watts take on it.

..."The buddha said 'We suffer because we desire. If you can give up desire, you won't suffer.' But he didn't say that as the last word; he said that as the opening step of a dialogue. Because if you say that to someone, they're going to come back after a while and say 'Yes, but now I'm desiring not to desire.' And so the buddha will answer, 'Well at last you're beginning to understand the point.' Because you can't give up desire. Why would you try to do that? It's already desire. So in the same way you say 'You ought to be unselfish' or to give up you ego. Let go, relax. Why do you want to do that? Just because it's another way of beating the game, isn't it? The moment you hypothesize that you are different from the universe, you want to get one up on it. But if you try to get one up on the universe, and you're in competition with it, that means you don't understand you ARE it. You think there's a real difference between 'self' and 'other.' But 'self,' what you call yourself, and what you call 'other' are mutually necessary to each other like back and front. They're really one. But just as a magnet polarizes itself at north and south, but it's all one magnet, so experience polarizes itself as self and other, but it's all one. If you try to make the south pole defeat the north pole, or get the mastery of it, you show you don't know what's going on."

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SpartasMom t1_jceq3s7 wrote

Reply to I am worthy. [Image] by BodaciousRaven

Worthy... having or showing the qualities or abilities that merit recognition in a specified way. I don't think that word means what you think it means.

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MisterRioE_Nigma t1_jceo4me wrote

Reply to comment by albertowtf in [image] by Royal_Tumbleweed_910

There are more uses in life for an axe than for a razor. If you could have only one. Its the axe. Its a dumb meme. And you’re just looking for an arguement. But ill let you deal with those issues alone.

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Roger_Sceadu t1_jcem4w9 wrote

Reply to I am worthy. [Image] by BodaciousRaven

Errr, no. Feeling unworthy for certain things does not mean you shouldn't feel worthy for them one day. But you need to feel unworthy about it so that you can understand the "why" first, before getting to being worthy. It's not always an entitlement.

Feeling like shit can be great at times, so as long you also learn how to feel great as well. Both the good and bad.

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SaltAvocado5057 t1_jcelkln wrote

Reply to [Discussion] advice needed by [deleted]

Hi, I'm sorry. You're struggling and I don't think a few words online would help. I'd seriously suggest finding a counselor to talk about these feelings if you can. However, having had these exact feelings, I can tell you a trick that worked for me. I am a firm believer in science and the scientific way. Scientific studies have shown that neuroplasticity is an undisputed fact. This means that at any age, your brain can and does change embedded habits- as long as you keep ignoring old (bad) habits and repeating the new (good) ones. This isn't an opinion, it is absolute fact. So when the voice in your brain or the miserable jerks in your life try to act like know it alls and pull you down, just remember - YOU ARE NEUROPLASTIC. Change is the only thing that is constant in the universe. Change is essential to all life forms. It's stagnation that is unnatural and leads to destruction. Go forward and shine your light, friend and may you get stronger and better every year.

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