I've never been able to convince myself that the proverbial eating, drinking, and making merry is the way to go. I've tried very hard to convince myself that it is, but to no avail. It's not anhedonia. I can feel sensual pleasures just fine. It's just that their short lasting, their eventual unsatisfactoriness, and the fact that they are not under my control bother me more than most people, it seems.
Why are you practising Buddhism?
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Hic Rhodus, hic salta!
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Sorry, I meant they are easier to do, they require little to no effort, but like you said they can never satisfy, and now, unlike before, i know the outcome so don’t bother.binocular wrote: ↑Wed Apr 18, 2018 7:23 pmI've never been able to convince myself that the proverbial eating, drinking, and making merry is the way to go. I've tried very hard to convince myself that it is, but to no avail. It's not anhedonia. I can feel sensual pleasures just fine. It's just that their short lasting, their eventual unsatisfactoriness, and the fact that they are not under my control bother me more than most people, it seems.
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I don't find that to be the case at all. It's because it takes me so much effort to do worldly activities that I started wondering whether they're worth it.
Then you might actually be better off that I!but like you said they can never satisfy, and now, unlike before, i know the outcome so don’t bother.
Hic Rhodus, hic salta!
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this happens to practitioners.DCM wrote: ↑Tue Apr 17, 2018 8:28 pm I started off practising to try and improve myself, to be an easier person to live with, and to find some peace.
Now after nearly 3 years in total, I’m not so sure. The goal in the Nikayas isn’t the worldly improvements above, but even though I can say the goal is Cessation Of Existence, I’m not really sure where I’m going or what I’m aiming for. Sad but true.
What are you practising for, and why?
3 years have passed, you have changed a lot so it is good to stop to reflect what your goal is with the practice of Buddhism.
sometimes I like listening to lectures about what Buddhism is, what is Theravada Buddhism. just to make my goals clearer.
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Thanks Lucas, sometimes it is easy to get caught up in all the differing teachings and opinions and loose track of why I’m doing it. I have changed a lot for the better but get no joy from that fact and I’m not sure why. I keep the 5 precepts to quite minute details but that does not bring me any joy either. I would like to feel happy at how I have changed but for some reason I don’t.Lucas Oliveira wrote: ↑Thu Apr 19, 2018 1:39 pmthis happens to practitioners.DCM wrote: ↑Tue Apr 17, 2018 8:28 pm I started off practising to try and improve myself, to be an easier person to live with, and to find some peace.
Now after nearly 3 years in total, I’m not so sure. The goal in the Nikayas isn’t the worldly improvements above, but even though I can say the goal is Cessation Of Existence, I’m not really sure where I’m going or what I’m aiming for. Sad but true.
What are you practising for, and why?
3 years have passed, you have changed a lot so it is good to stop to reflect what your goal is with the practice of Buddhism.
sometimes I like listening to lectures about what Buddhism is, what is Theravada Buddhism. just to make my goals clearer.
Maybe it’s because I feel anxious to learn as much as I can about Buddhism and put it into practise as I know life is short and fleeting, so I don’t really stop to reflect, I just keep punching ahead.
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I have been interested on a more serious level for about 6 years and I think once certain doors are opened they can never be shut. I came looking for deeper meaning to life and it hasn’t always been easy. Sometimes I believe that all the introspective isn’t healthy but needed to learn about ourselves. Am I more peaceful, maybe. Found something deep, probably
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