Does Taoism make you change your life due to misunderstanding and assumptions? I’ll elaborate. I’m a nihilist, but was recently told my logic and process is very in tune with Taoism and Buddhism (Without anyone teaching me them or researching them – I’ve had absolutely zero influence from any religion). So, my question is if I go to a Taoist temple to learn and they say “You have to get rid of things because they are meaningless” and say I’m not a true taoist if I can’t let go. Will I not be able to argue I am extremely aware how insignificant everything from social media to fashion is, but I want to enjoy some of them anyways because they raise my dopamine (Or in currency’s case helps provide the OPTIONS that raise the dopamine)
After googling Taoism I learned you do not have to give up stupid shit. You just haveto realize it’s stupid shit. So, I’m already on the right track lol.
After temporarily losing my cellphone, keys, and laptop I realized how much my life doesn’t change with or without social media.
I think there’s a clear assumption from people that I want to be famous or care about success. I do not. That should be evident in the fact I”m still recording music. If I cared about those inventions like most musicians, I would have quit ages ago due to not gaining any fame/success/money from music. Is the logic making sense to you now?
I’ve seen so many bands/friends quit because they “Went nowhere”. I’m not here to judge them, but if their goals were fame/success/money and they didn’t reach it. I don’t blame them. They should definitely quit.
However, that is not my goal. I want just want the music to exist so I can listen to it. And if you love something, you share it (Except your spouse lol – Note: no judgment here if you into the “dogging” lifestyle)
(You don’t believe in success yet you run promos)
That’s because I love the music I make. It brings me joy. I inherently want others to be happy so my logic is this. If my music makes me happy, maybe it’ll make you happy. Yet you don’t know I exist. Thus the advertising. I love the art that much I want to spread that with you. Sacrificing money if I have it, to get my music out there isn’t for money. Like I said, I’m just sharing something I love. I don’t care if I’m 252 years old, broke and alone with two cats. My music will still make me happy and I will still share it with hopes it’ll make you happy too.
Speaking of “dogs” – Animals don’t think about the future (so they say) they only think about the now. They don’t stop and ask what their purpose is, they already know it.
Humans spend so much effort trying to define the meaning of life with inventions. How come we can’t just accept the meaning of life is just sex and eating?
Isn’t is possible you’re seeking all this “Extra” because we make life easier? We made eating something that arrives at your doorstep ready to eat. We made sex something you can find on an app. We invented communities and laws to prevent predators from killing us. We made life so easy that the effort and struggle to win at everything I just mentioned doesn’t know what to do so it’s creating things for us. We are problem solvers. We love puzzles. We used to use our time trying to solve how to not be eaten and how to find something to eat. Now that’s it’s almost ubiquitously viable, our brains still need a puzzle to solve. So we invented “How do I make more money?” “How do I get more followers?” “How do I get more trophies?” so we could something to fight (for).
Everything is a limited time offer.
“Why do some humans jump in a freezing lake to save their dog, but turn their cheek when a woman is getting sexually assaulted on the train?”
Humans choose to murder and rape. Humans have the advantage over almost eerything (Except living underwater) and we choose to do the worst with that power.
Animals know the answer to the meaning of life, while we keep asking the question over and over… yet go and claim we are the superior species.
TEN-HEADED SKELETON 