dblaney said:

Intuition. "Right" and "wrong" are subjective and relative moral terms. They're only use is in controlling and manipulating people and events in order to suit your own small and illusionary will ... Right and wrong are concepts, and concepts are not reality. Find your true nature, then whatever you do in any situation cannot be wrong.

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Are you a masochist? Life is like water, and the nature of water is to wave. Pleasure is like the crest of a wave, and pain like the trough. If you get attached to the trough, then you'll be missing out on the crest, and vice-versa. In fact, you cannot have one without the other. So why ignore either one? Simply realize your identity with the entire body of water.

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Unlearning what?

Concepts: every concept, since a concept does nothing but give the illusion of separateness from reality.

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That's a concept as well. 

If you follow an arbitary doctrine, determining your actions at whim, who is to say you've made the right decision? Why should you feel that you're going the right way instead of think and pull out the map and find out?

Or will you say that the map isn't always right? It may not be, but it's be best thing you got. It's better to sail to India while finding the American coast than setting no destination with a map of unknown landmarks. Following an irrational mindset with a realistic scenario will only lead you to your demise.

Reality is rationality, and your mind is your roadmap. The only exception is the metaphysical where those rules, like quarks in Quantum Mechanics, no longer exist.

MushmanTheManic said:

For me, seeking for happiness, ironically, has always resulted in depression. Happiness is a teasing woman. Ignore her until she's deprived of attention and she will suddenly appear by your side.
I derive most of my happiness from: Doing things, working towards goals, feeling worthwhile, struggling against challenges, etc. All of these actions are packaged with suffering and failures, but I do not categorize them as being wrong or unjust. Striving can be a joyful experience in itself, regardless of eventual failure. And without suffering, the feeling of happiness would become stale and unpalatable.

I enjoy climbing! Even if that means climbing out of a valley.
The world's first Ascentic!

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