- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Posted by: ajenteks
Masterbation(yeah, mis-spelt) makes me happy, but if I can have sex and I can help somebody else be happy, the masterbation is a selfish waste.
it is foolish to suggest that spiritual happiness and the sensation achieved through an orgasm have any ties.
Posted by: ajenteks
I merely tried, and failed it seems, to illustrate how reaching the goal of happiness through self-enlightenment isn’t the most productive way to go about it. It's easy to make yourself happy, but why not make other people happy at the same time? This is how Tyler Durden's quote makes sense to me.
easy to make yourself happy, you say? i find this statement to be odd. is the goal to make yourself happy, or to be happy. yes, there is a distinction, but it's best that you discover this for yourself.
How did Buddha’s quest for, and attainment of, enlightenment help the human race? How do monks in a secluded monastery following his teachings make the world a better place?
This is why Buddhism doesn’t appeal to me, because as a philosophy, yes, it can make the world better, but it is taken too far to the point where it’s selfish, and only the individual practitioner is benefiting - self enlightenment. Because of this, Christianity is far more appealing to study.
you seem to have a notion that if one is enlightened, then that person must somehow pass it along to the rest of the world. to seek self-enlightenment is a choice, and cannot be forced upon anyone. it is not the responsibility of the enlightened to open the eyes of others. it is the responsibility of the unenlightened to realize that they are, and to seek what they wish to become. if it were as simple as telling others how to become happy, we would merely have another form of your christianity on our hands.