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TheDude
is waiting forthe peak

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Life sucks
#5929821 - 08/03/06 09:27 PM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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and then you die.
What's the point?
-------------------- "this lebowski he called himself 'the dude'. now, 'dude', that's a name no one would self-apply where i come from but there was a lot about the dude that didn't make sense to me...."--the Stranger
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TODAY
Battletoad


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Re: Life sucks [Re: TheDude]
#5929824 - 08/03/06 09:29 PM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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There is no point...but life doesn't have to suck.
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Asante
Mage


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Re: Life sucks [Re: TheDude]
#5929828 - 08/03/06 09:29 PM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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The point is the moments when you feel far better than now, no matter how few they may be.
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Afroshroomerican
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Re: Life sucks [Re: Asante]
#5929842 - 08/03/06 09:35 PM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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says you're Beautiful in every single way.
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TheDude
is waiting forthe peak

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Re: Life sucks [Re: Asante]
#5929846 - 08/03/06 09:36 PM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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they're too few and far between and don't make all the suffering worth it.
-------------------- "this lebowski he called himself 'the dude'. now, 'dude', that's a name no one would self-apply where i come from but there was a lot about the dude that didn't make sense to me...."--the Stranger
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Booby
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Re: Life sucks [Re: TheDude]
#5929871 - 08/03/06 09:49 PM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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The point could be that when you're gone you'll wish you were back, if not here then somewhere.
If life gives you lemons, make lemonade. If life gives you onions, make onion-rings. What do these have in common? - Sugar. What does this have to do with anything? I don't know but I just wanted to say it.
-------------------- Let it not be remembered That mycelium eats detritus and dies But that life in all it's glory Counts mycelium to be on it's side.
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some1whoisntme
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Re: Life sucks [Re: Booby]
#5929887 - 08/03/06 09:58 PM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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The meaning of life is struggle. No matter how good it gets, something is wrong, and no matter how bad it gets you mage to get by. funny how that works eh?
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Booby
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What's it Dylan said: 'You gotta serve somebody'. Maybe you gotta Be the sugar. (why I dunno)
-------------------- Let it not be remembered That mycelium eats detritus and dies But that life in all it's glory Counts mycelium to be on it's side.
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TheDude
is waiting forthe peak

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Re: Life sucks [Re: Booby]
#5929896 - 08/03/06 10:01 PM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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Quote:
Booby said: The point could be that when you're gone you'll wish you were back, if not here then somewhere.
I always want what I can't have so that'll probably be the case.
....and life gives me feces, got a recipe for fecal rings?
-------------------- "this lebowski he called himself 'the dude'. now, 'dude', that's a name no one would self-apply where i come from but there was a lot about the dude that didn't make sense to me...."--the Stranger
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hoopershroomer
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Re: Life sucks [Re: Booby]
#5929907 - 08/03/06 10:05 PM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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life doesnt suck, life is beautiful. its sad that you think that way because life is a gift, a priviledge, so you need to stop being so sour and take advantage of that. god gave you the power to do anything you wish, after all, you are dominant in this world. your the most powerful oraganism on this planet, and you should consider yourself unbelievably extremely lucky to become a human out of everything you COULD have been.
i ask myslef the samething all the time, whats the point? i havent figured that out yet and i probably never will, but until my days are put to rest, im going to live my life the best i possibly can, and you should do the same......life is what YOU make of it, so if it sucks thats the way your making it. If you want a better life its up to you, its your choice to become connected. its there if you want, you got it, now let it.
-------------------- "Life lived in the absence of the psychedelic experience that primordial shamanism is based on is life trivialized, life denied, life enslaved to the ego." "You teach the world how to treat you, by showing the world how you treat yourself." A well developed sense of humor is far superior to any religion" "Everything you could want and could be, you already have and are."
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Fractalated
There's no onehome up there...

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Re: Life sucks [Re: TheDude]
#5929912 - 08/03/06 10:06 PM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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Suffering has a cause.
There are causes and conditions that create suffering and allow it to continue. This is the case for every single human being that has ever lived. We have all suffered and we all do suffer. All suffering has a cause(s) however.
If you are able to reflect in great detail on your suffering, you will be able to find out what caused it and what conditions allow it to continue. Once you find this out, then you will know how to end this suffering.
And no, suicide does not end the suffering. It is a great deception to think that by being something else or somewhere else you will not suffer. Suffering goes hand in hand with existence. It's what you do with your suffering that shows what kind of a man you are.
So I strongly encourage you to sit down and meditate on your suffering. What causes it? What factors outside of you cause you to respond with pain and suffering? In what ways do you allow yourself to suffer?
Yes, there is pain in life. Yes, there is pleasure. But seeking out either one or being averse to either one will result in suffering every single time.
The only way to become liberated from suffering is to accept it and embrace it. Don't try to run from it or escape it. Make peace with it.
-------------------- "Now that the principalities and the powers stockpile weapons of mass destruction, contaminate the earth with their feverish industry, release floods of images to trigger insatiable desires, treat animals and humans as commodities and functions of a market, the devil must be grinning from ear to ear."
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Re: Life sucks [Re: TheDude]
#5929913 - 08/03/06 10:06 PM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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if life gives you feces collect them in a bucket and paint city hall!
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KingOftheThing
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Re: Life sucks [Re: TODAY]
#5929918 - 08/03/06 10:07 PM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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Life's a bitch and then you die; that's why we get high Cause you never know when you're gonna go Life's a bitch and then you die; that's why we puff lye Cause you never know when you're gonna go Life's a bitch and then you die; that's why we get high Cause you never know when you're gonna go Life's a bitch and then you die; that's why we puff lye
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thatiAM
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Re: Life sucks [Re: TheDude]
#5929921 - 08/03/06 10:07 PM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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Life's a bitch and then you die, that's why we get high.
But seriously though, life is here to live. So get off the computer and take a walk or something...Calm that restless monkey on your back (he keeps continually sneaking useless thoughts into your mind).
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TheDude
is waiting forthe peak

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I did the whole Buddhist thing for a while but then I started reading about peak oil, peak water, peak grain, global climate change, economic collapse and the insatiable military industrial complex and it got me down.
Perhaps I should return to the Buddhist path...
-------------------- "this lebowski he called himself 'the dude'. now, 'dude', that's a name no one would self-apply where i come from but there was a lot about the dude that didn't make sense to me...."--the Stranger
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thatiAM
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Re: Life sucks [Re: TheDude]
#5929948 - 08/03/06 10:20 PM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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Sure, if that's what it takes. It doesn't really matter how life is, the definition is within your mind. If you see it as good then there is room for bad, and vice versa. You don't have to sit in a monastery for 50 years to see that you can choose this very moment to stop giving a damn about what life is and just let it be there and live it. Stop thinking about it so much. It's here, run away with it. It's always been here.
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TheDude
is waiting forthe peak

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Re: Life sucks [Re: thatiAM]
#5929953 - 08/03/06 10:23 PM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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I definitely do think/worry too much.
Stupid monkey brain.
-------------------- "this lebowski he called himself 'the dude'. now, 'dude', that's a name no one would self-apply where i come from but there was a lot about the dude that didn't make sense to me...."--the Stranger
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Fractalated
There's no onehome up there...

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Re: Life sucks [Re: TheDude]
#5929954 - 08/03/06 10:24 PM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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Yeah all that shit gets me down sometimes too man. Especially the whole sense of not really being able to do much about it.
The way I see it is I do what I can to help out, wherever I can. Do what you can, but don't let the suffering of others cause you to suffer. You can't help if you're suffering, you can only truly help when you are peaceful and loving and understanding. It is primarily because of their own ignorance that people suffer, so try to get rid of ignorance as much as possible, perhaps?
-------------------- "Now that the principalities and the powers stockpile weapons of mass destruction, contaminate the earth with their feverish industry, release floods of images to trigger insatiable desires, treat animals and humans as commodities and functions of a market, the devil must be grinning from ear to ear."
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rod
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Re: Life sucks [Re: TheDude]
#5929961 - 08/03/06 10:28 PM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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the point is, this is the only life on earth you,ll get.
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EmperorKuzco
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Re: Life sucks [Re: rod]
#5930688 - 08/04/06 07:50 AM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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Sure, life sucks and then you die. But if somewhere in between you see a really great set of tits, then its all worth it.
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