So profound

[Snake of Eden]

Anybody finds these type of "profound" realizations are so useless and unoriginal?

 

[stellabelle]

No, I don't think that it is useless or unoriginal.
It is intended to educate.

 

[Snake of Eden]

No, I don't think that it is useless or unoriginal.
It is intended to educate.

How does that help? How any of that stuff help anyone? No one thinks like emotions come from outside of them. The analogy here is really crappy. There is nothing profound or wise about it.

 

[stellabelle]

How does that help? How any of that stuff help anyone? No one thinks like emotions come from outside of them. The analogy here is really crappy. There is nothing profound or wise about it.

The emotions are within and we can have control over them.

I've dealt with intentional sabotage to find it to be true and reasonable anger in response to it.

I've had someone intentionally disrupt my peace and meditation to cause emotional distress, and it's INCREDIBLY frustrating.

The other person provoking that anger or frustration is "just an empty boat" - they are meaningless, they are worthless, they are insignificant.

 

[Snake of Eden]

The other person provoking that anger or frustration is "just an empty boat" - they are meaningless, they are worthless, they are insignificant.

Yah I guess after the fact that may help. I doubt that does help when the annoyance is happening or we would have figured out all the necessary answers to emotional problems. I just think this type of education make people feel bad about experiencing normal emotions or if they cant get rid of them.

 

[forgotten15]

I feel the same,op. Could never have this type of thinking because I am an emotional wreck and my depression makes me see things from a very different perspective than the one the monk is talking about. On the other hand, there are people who find this helpful and manage to integrate it in their life, but I don't think this category of people deal with what we have to day by day.

 

[stellabelle]

Yah I guess after the fact that may help. I doubt that does help when the annoyance is happening or we would have figured out all the necessary answers to emotional problems. I just think this type of education make people feel bad about experiencing normal emotions or if they cant get rid of them.

You know what's really fucking annoying?
Crisis lines that fuck you over, and piece of shit cops and jails that tell your relatives they have a "green light" to go burglarize you.
Then being told you "cannot do anything about it" or collect your stolen property back from the assailants.

They anger you on purpose.
It shows the "true nature" and "colors" of those individuals. But it does not resolve conflict. Unfortunately it just proves that they are horrible and so are the people that lie, enable, lie, enable, then extort you for $1000 for a fucking bullshit phonecall.

They tell you to "be the better person" - that's just manipulation and "justifying" criminals and their behaviors. More reason to hope these bastards rot in hell.