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  1. excreationist

    Unconsciously inventing problems for ourselves?

    People probably would have numerous handups and probably wouldn't be able to resolve them all. Maybe manic episodes create hangups even if none originally existed? I think it is impossible to permanently end dukkha through our own efforts - but in the Roy game the dukkha in your life ends when...
  2. excreationist

    Unconsciously inventing problems for ourselves?

    @crossfire: I think you hadn't said about whether inventing problems for yourself is part of any other kind of religion or spirituality... it's odd that what I see as a great truth hasn't been thought of before in spritual/religious traditions... (though usually they talk about an end to...
  3. excreationist

    Unconsciously inventing problems for ourselves?

    I think the term "rebirth" is consistent with my beliefs (like the Roy game) though the NPCs usually wouldn't reincarnate. By "soul" I mean a consciousness that can exist if your body is dead and can be reincarnated or go to Heaven, etc. I don't really use the term but thought it might be...
  4. excreationist

    Unconsciously inventing problems for ourselves?

    It sounds like by default the soul is eternal and you can only end it all if you reach enlightenment properly. My belief is that consciousness ends when the simulation wants to save resources or you could end it if the simulation allows you to (otherwise you could have an afterlife like the Roy...
  5. excreationist

    Unconsciously inventing problems for ourselves?

    So sometimes in Nirvana their consciousness and existence ends and sometimes they go back to suffering in an ordinary world? (maybe I'm mixing up Nirvana and nibbana)
  6. excreationist

    Unconsciously inventing problems for ourselves?

    So I wonder how long Nirvana might typically last for... a year? a century?
  7. excreationist

    Unconsciously inventing problems for ourselves?

    Well Mark Manson says:
  8. excreationist

    Unconsciously inventing problems for ourselves?

    I was wondering - in the traditional belief about Nirvana, does the consciousness literally last forever? I mean more than a googolplex years?
  9. excreationist

    Unconsciously inventing problems for ourselves?

    Sorry those questions are too tricky.
  10. excreationist

    Unconsciously inventing problems for ourselves?

    I asked Copilot for a summary: I kind of agree with those. BTW does Nirvana mean the end of consciousness/life?
  11. excreationist

    Unconsciously inventing problems for ourselves?

    Well I literally believe I'm in a video game - Mark Manson seems to be using a metaphor especially when talking about how to access the "cheats". I think it resembles the "real world" but they intentionally wanted to make suffering/problems unavoidable. I think basically every single...
  12. excreationist

    Unconsciously inventing problems for ourselves?

    I think converts to Christianity would often fantasize about Heaven... Mark Manson says this: https://markmanson.net/life-cheat-codes As far as a personal transformation goes, it depends on how much better you are at choosing solutions over distractions (distractions would include things like...
  13. excreationist

    Unconsciously inventing problems for ourselves?

    Well Mark Manson mainly talks about solutions vs distractions. Distractions can make people very comforted in the short to medium term including that guy who felt high for six months after converting to Jesus... I mean the idea of Heaven isn't really solving real world problems (which are the 5...
  14. excreationist

    Unconsciously inventing problems for ourselves?

    I was after any kind of relevance to religion and spirituality (rather than secular psychology). It is about why people can't just be content forever. (Though religions often say that you could be after you die and go to Heaven).
  15. excreationist

    Unconsciously inventing problems for ourselves?

    Like I said this is the "Theological Concepts" forum. In the OP I asked about whether any kind of religion or spirituality that is compatible with that (unconsciously inventing problems for ourselves). Rather than just what secular psychology says about it. BTW "The Road Less Travelled" by M...
  16. excreationist

    Unconsciously inventing problems for ourselves?

    What about the topic of inventing problems for yourself? i.e. what happens after completely being satisfied - does it say that you'd always cause your own problems?
  17. excreationist

    Unconsciously inventing problems for ourselves?

    I intended this thread to be about what I quoted and especially the part about inventing problems - not about the rest of his web page. I shouldn't have given the link to his web page.
  18. excreationist

    Unconsciously inventing problems for ourselves?

    I like how the web page is a lot richer than Maslow. Things like solutions vs distractions can be a struggle that raise their head multiple times per day - unless you just give up and try to indulge in distractions.
  19. excreationist

    Unconsciously inventing problems for ourselves?

    Yeah it corresponds well. It has a lot of other concepts I like like solutions, distractions and habits... I'm not sure if us always creating problems is part of psychology literature (like Maslow).
  20. excreationist

    Unconsciously inventing problems for ourselves?

    As far as being "bizarrely anthropocentric" goes, that's why I put it in "theological concepts". Do you disagree with: It is very true for me. Is it not true for you? (I'm talking about you rather than hypothetical people) Well that part wasn't true for me during my manic episodes.
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