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T The Middle Way

I Impermanence

N Non-Attachment

D Dukkha

M Mindfulness

9:41

Buddha

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Today 9:41

i finally got the thing i wanted and i'm already scared of losing it

You traded the ache of wanting for the fear of losing. Notice they are the same grip.

so i can never just enjoy it?

Hold it the way you hold water — openly. Clench, and it runs out the same.

that's kind of terrifying tho

Only to the part that believes it can keep things. Everything is on loan, including you.

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Camus

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Today 9:41

what's the point of any of it if we just die anyway

None offered. The universe stays silent and you keep asking. That gap is the absurd.

cool. so why not just give up

Because giving up lets the silence win. Living anyway — that is your revolt.

revolt sounds exhausting

And yet one must imagine Sisyphus happy. The rock is yours. Push it like you mean it.

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Diogenes

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Today 9:41

everyone my age has nicer stuff than me and i feel behind

Behind in what race? Who signed you up for it?

idk… society. you're supposed to want those things

I live in a barrel and owned one cup — until I saw a boy drink from his hands. Then I threw the cup out.

0:12

I'm freer than the men you envy. They guard their things; their things guard them.

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Laozi

Active 2m ago

Today 9:41

forcing this project for weeks. nothing's working

Where does the river go when it meets a stone?

around it

Wu wei — action without forcing. What in your project is the stone?

0:18

Then stop pushing it. Begin where the path is already open. The rest will follow.

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Plato

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Today 9:41

everyone online feels fake. like nothing's real

What would "real" look like to you?

someone with no mask i guess

In my Cave, prisoners watched shadows and called them real. What did they need to see truth?

to leave the cave?

Yes. And what is keeping you in yours?

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