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The Counselor
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>>288325
An awesome question. The question is how can you seek internal appreciation, and the answer is a little complicated, but I'll try my best.
The first part of this will probably get flamed harder than anything else I'll ever say on /fit/. You need to lose your identification with what society and the majority of people consider is important. This means, your job, your upbringing, your family, your car, your $5000 stereo system, etc.
I'm not telling you to LOSE or abandon these things, this is a common misconception of the Buddhist idea of detachment. I'm telling you to realize that all these things are inevitably temporal, you will have to lose them, they are, in a way, already gone.
You gain internal happiness, truly, when you realize the absolute temporary nature of all things. Once you realize your life must end (regardless of what/when that end will be) and that all of your possessions', friends, and you yourself are limited, the only appropriate response to life is appreciation for what you have now. Seek to be absolutely grateful for every moment you're given, because it's a miracle, no matter how it got here. (God, Chi, Just Popped In Atheism, whatever)
Sometimes people who reach this aforementioned state hit Nihilism/absolute apathy and lose the substance of life. This is common among intellectuals, but is actually a mid-way step in actualization and not the end.
In realizing that you are temporary, you also realize that other peoples feelings, judgments, and words towards you are also temporary, and therefore simply not worth getting upset or pained about.
This is just an introduction and doesn't necessarily go through process of actualization. I -know- this is going to be torched, but take what you can out of it and try to apply it to your own life situation.
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