Angel Dust said:

People who say life is peachy and wonderful have every right to feel that way. It’s your life. See it how you want it.

But if you choose to take this view, don’t be a hypocrite. Shroomery member dies from an over dose? Don’t feel bad about it or talk about how it’s unfortunate. Life is good and happy. You get cancer?. Don’t ask for my pity. You say life is good and wonderful.

Everybody says life is good and blissful until something fucked up happens to them haha.

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Lol, just because you enjoy the overall path doesn't mean you can't accept being in any other emotional states - It is through the threadbareness of fucked up shit that one best strengthens their core perspectives on death and life. There are ways to approach & transform every event in life - even if it breaks you down for days - and make it into something that fuels you positively in the future.

And I don't give a fuck about anyone's pity, you're likewise free to feel like a sad sack of shit all the time "cause people die", even though you knew that was going to happen from the start

The people who developed these mental approaches - daoists and zen buddhists 2400 years ago knew innate suffering much beyond what is commonplace in our lives - and yet their perspectives were so powerful as to transform all of it.

Angel Dust said:

All I’m saying is pessimism and optimism are equally sad and pathetic.

Pessimistic people have accepted that life is full of misery and potential harm. Cancer, car crashes, deterioration from old age, you name it. Very crappy way to live life if you’re constantly aware of how harmful things can get.

Optimistic people, on the other hand, exist in two states-  delusion and hypocrisy. This makes them volatile and unstable because people can only delude themselves for so long. It’s like Robin williams - he constantly says optimistic and positive things but when life gets too hard, he offs himself. Same with Anthony Bourdain. “This soup is so delicious and godly! It is incredible.” Then he kills himself. If soup is so tasty, why kill your self? That’s quite  sad too. Optimists talk about how wonderful ice cream and birthday parties and the colour of leaves are but when truly fucked up things happen, those positive things don’t really give them much comfort anymore.

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Tripsurfer said:

Hell no man. My life is awesome

I gladly take my place atop the food chain. Drain this planet till its dead and move on to the next. Evolution baby!

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BeefSupremeJr said:

Positivity culture is a cancer

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Angel Dust said:

All I’m saying is pessimism and optimism are equally sad and pathetic.

Pessimistic people have accepted that life is full of misery and potential harm. Cancer, car crashes, deterioration from old age, you name it. Very crappy way to live life if you’re constantly aware of how harmful things can get.

Optimistic people, on the other hand, exist in two states-  delusion and hypocrisy. This makes them volatile and unstable because people can only delude themselves for so long. It’s like Robin williams - he constantly says optimistic and positive things but when life gets too hard, he offs himself. Same with Anthony Bourdain. “This soup is so delicious and godly! It is incredible.” Then he kills himself. If soup is so tasty, why kill your self? That’s quite  sad too. Optimists talk about how wonderful ice cream and birthday parties and the colour of leaves are but when truly fucked up things happen, those positive things don’t really give them much comfort anymore.

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BeefSupremeJr said:

I wouldn’t say I’m a pessimist I’m just realistic

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If soup is so tasty, why kill your self?

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twighead said:

BeefSupremeJr said:

Positivity culture is a cancer

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Angel Dust said:

All I’m saying is pessimism and optimism are equally sad and pathetic.

Pessimistic people have accepted that life is full of misery and potential harm. Cancer, car crashes, deterioration from old age, you name it. Very crappy way to live life if you’re constantly aware of how harmful things can get.

Optimistic people, on the other hand, exist in two states-  delusion and hypocrisy. This makes them volatile and unstable because people can only delude themselves for so long. It’s like Robin williams - he constantly says optimistic and positive things but when life gets too hard, he offs himself. Same with Anthony Bourdain. “This soup is so delicious and godly! It is incredible.” Then he kills himself. If soup is so tasty, why kill your self? That’s quite  sad too. Optimists talk about how wonderful ice cream and birthday parties and the colour of leaves are but when truly fucked up things happen, those positive things don’t really give them much comfort anymore.

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There is a distinct difference between trying to 'force yourself to be positive' and completely rearranging your perspective along non-dualistic daoist and zen buddhist lines - in moving your perspective beyond the surface of events & emotions.

Emotional delusions don't exist as there is no definite emotional value to anything in reality, and chances are you just absorbed most of the cultural-emotional values and never questioned them.

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BeefSupremeJr said:

Just because someone doesn’t have an inspirational art piece hanging in their living room doesn’t mean they’re miserable or don’t have an enlightened perspective that fills them with power.  I think we’re all saying the same things in different syntax’s

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twighead said:

So has basically been proven false by quantum experimentation?

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