Mostly_Frogs

@Mostly_Frogs@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do dentists have such a bad reputation compared to other kinds of doctors?⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This is my experience also. Dentists are basically out to sell you stuff.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Where are you? Can you move?⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I feel you on that. As a Buddhist I’m also curious. 😀

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Where are you? Can you move?⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I take the Buddhist view that what we call the self is a misconception or misunderstanding. While you do exist, there isn’t a soul or some permanent entity that takes residence and jumps around before or after death.

  Thus, you can ask questions like these and get a million different answers because the question is not valid. It’s what the Buddha would call proliferation, or basically hot air. There isn’t an answer, why ask the question?

  Don’t mistake this for a cynical view, though. A good Buddhist is very happy because even though the idea of a self is false, freeing yourself from all of these self-based concepts and desires leads to great peace. The obsession with self and self-based craving is what leads to any kind of unhappiness.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨rip⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I have been scrolling through my feed and blocking all the weird Swedish communities that have popped up. It’s exhausting work, and sometimes I wonder if Lemmy is still fun. And then this. This is the quality shit post that I needed! Thank you.