What’s wrong with that? I thought it was “know nut november.”
I just was scrolling like normal and randomly reminded of this place a few pages in.
Normal? What is normal? When I look around I see hundreds of ugly, strange, unique, and in a way mysteriously beautiful faces. My brain doesn’t like that everyone is so utterly imperfect, but my perfect image from which people deviate is not real. We are all disgusting humans and that’s ok. In the words of Eminem “we ain’t nothin but mammals.”
The only constant in this world is change. I wish you peace. 
When things are going pretty good and all I can feel is that there’s a bit less pain than usual. 
If you think you’re autistic post away. I’ve done so much doubting in spite of fitting the criteria well, but I’ve posted there without diagnosis.
I’ve heard from a Tibetan Buddhist regarding bad karma one should simply observe whatever bad happens to them and accept that past karma caused it. While dwelling and judging would only cause more suffering, you should take it as a sign to commit to the path and do a lot of positive actions for others, which would result in less personal suffering. Bad events and hardships are seen as teachers, not punishment. The only time I’ve heard talk of Buddhists hurting themselves is a monk cutting his flesh to save someone else and it was an example of how to see whether one is nondual because the monk was like “welp, I guess I’m not fully enlightened. This kinda hurts.”
I’ve never heard of that sect but it sounds pretty sketchy and I’m glad you’re out. I understand and am sorry that dampened your perspective on the dharma. I hope your reconsideration is fruitful.
If you meditate right, seeking insight rather than temporary escape/pain numbing, you should ultimately come to the realization that all your experiences are “empty” and lacking depth or fixedness. When you understand that attachment leads to suffering and embracing transience lessens it, you may no longer fear losing your “self” (which does not exist as a solid entity). Fear of death can be used as fuel to seek “dying before you are dead.” You can be thankful for the miracle of being and live the rest of your life in contentment before all experience ceases.
tangential (not recommendations)
Many critics of Buddhism, like Christianity, will point to its idealism and history, and I think applying dialectical materialism to the question is illuminating. The Buddha did grasp truth and enlightenment is a real thing, but the Buddha existed in a historical context where he had to appeal to Hindus and people in power wanted to gain from the teachings. While human society had to continue reproducing itself, only a small amount of surplus was available to enable people to seek the path. Those who accumulated the surplus became or funded monks, who gave treats of small pieces of semi true knowledge to keep the toiling masses happy (opium so to speak). Once socialism is established I pray unnecessary superstitions and beliefs will fall away as it is made materially accessible (once material needs are covered with minimal time). As humans suffer less materially and society lends towards good karma, may the bodhisattva vow come to fruition.
It’s definitely a religion and most religious institutions are going to have some problematic aspects. Not that I know more than you, but I think there’s some value and hopefully it will adopt a more proletarian character. Many people just want something to put all their trust in to make them feel safe and promise to relieve their suffering. As Marxists we should maintain a critical attitude and investigate things for ourselves through practice (something which the dharma is hypothetically compatible with). Maybe it’s just me being a westoid, but I see Buddhism as a critical way to understand your own mind and experience.
YES, Buddhism and Marxism are very fun to mix. They both point to similar fundamental truths about reality. Highly recommend all of revolutionary left radio’s stuff on dialectics and Buddhism. Breht makes a lot of connections explicitly. With a good grasp of diamat I find parallels in Buddhist stuff on my own too. He’s not a Marxist but I value the perspective of the theory of samsara. In addition, the Zen Studies Podcast (recommended by comrade Elliot Sang).
For reading reading, assuming you already understand dialectics, here’s some stuff from my reading list: What the Buddha Taught, The Dhammapada, McMindfulness (critiques capitalism’s cooption of Buddhism and argues for a return to its liberatory center), What Makes You Not a Buddhist, The Ego Tunnel (scientific perspective on no-self). Obviously there is more recommended in the audio recommendations.
It’s not totally Buddhist but a sort of secular enlightenment book, but I’ve been reading Awake by Angelo Dilullo and found it pretty dialectical.
Meditate or something (I know existential dread well and I know that’s not immediately appealing idk)
Actually my place as a trad transfem is as an eccentric religious leader.
I heard some redditor say they took a million college classes and were too smart for all of them and eventually decided to just be a stay at home dad. Based tbh.
Me on my way to give my lovely husband the strongest food he ever tasted because my autistic mouth is hyposensitive.
Do they think it would be easier to just elect Democrat presidents and therefore fix everything totally? Plus the template’s stupid. Why would the school force Bart to write such?
I’m being hyperbolic, but TikTok just re-radicalized me and in ADHD energy mode and I know this urgency won’t last forever. I hate when things I’m around feel contaminated by toxins and I already wear a mask for the polluted air. I hate getting rid of things that might be useful, but also plastics bad so it might be useful. I do have OCD, but this isn’t about that it’s an exaggerated but rational urge. I realize this account’s lib asking you to “vote with your dollar,” but for personal health what do you think? I can afford this eventually. I’m clearly monotropism spiraling but it’s fun.
Also, should we stop recycling plastic if the product will be worse?
“National Socialist” > Nazi
“Patriotic Socialist” > Pazi
“Democratic Socialist” > Democrazi (moderate wing of fascism after all)
“Libertarian Socialist” > Liberzi
Best of all: “Utopian Socialist” > Uzi
I happened to open Instagram and immediately saw there was some drama going on. It appears to be agreed that PlantsFanon had a bad take about Lenin and stood by it when challenged by Sungmanitou. The decolonized Buffalo people allege they went around democratic centralism, brought up nuclear and threatened to wreck. Sungmanitou says they stood by the bad take, repeatedly misgendered them and acted like feds. Who’s in the right here? What would be a good outcome? @Nakoichi@hexbear.net
> It was such a good book idk how I haven't made this post yet. Just the introduction will have you hooked. > > link to free download here > or here > > In summary, Ted Reese shows how Marxism Leninism is the way forward if we are to save the planet. It is largely a reaction to Fully Automated Luxury Communism and the general trend of people trying to reinvent socialism with utopian ideas in order to stop climate change. I actually read that right before, so it might be part of why I like this book. He explains how the TRPF is leading to the inevitable fall of capitalism in the near future. Anyone who denies that capitalism is reaching its final breaking point is in error. Labor theory of value continues to be vindicated. It's counter-tendencies cannot help it. Humanity looks pretty screwed with climate change, but socialism can enable innovation, stop extraction, and plan our way to a healthy world. Socialism will also employ easy technology and methods that capitalism refuses because it will undermine it's function. The path towards a new socialism is through studying the successes and failures of AES, not through trying to "discover" new forms, or repeating old forms. Principled Leninist tactics are the way. > > This book gave me a lot of hope and I've recommended it to multiple libs (🤞). I highly recommend it. > > Limitations: > > It was published almost five years ago, so it's not all up to date on the geopolitics and so on. As we all know, the past few years we've had many weeks where decades happened. Reese takes a neutral position on China's socialistness, despite presenting evidence to the positive. He doesn't talk about decolonization, which makes sense for a Br*t, but that means it's not all encompassing. There is a lot of great info in there. It might not be easiest for complete newbies, but you don't have to read too much other theory first. > > Here's some memes: > > > ! > > > ! > > > ! > > Long live ecosocialism!
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