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 (DIR) Post #9l0NcpfzUopeoqesSW by scribe@ganesha.masto.host
       2019-07-18T16:16:00Z
       
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       Never mind "life is suffering". A lot of people around me seem to think taking suffering upon yourself is the kind and noble thing to do. I'm not sure if this is human nature or a modern curse.
       
 (DIR) Post #9l0NcpsOkgkzRKSmnY by scribe@ganesha.masto.host
       2019-07-18T16:17:37Z
       
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       In the Tao, there is no such thing as a "good" life or a "bad" life. But there is the notion that we waste a whole bunch of our energy doing things - things which don't really matter, which aren't needed, which get in the way of what will happen anyway.
       
 (DIR) Post #9l0NcqHZF6tEhOEt1s by scribe@ganesha.masto.host
       2019-07-18T16:18:50Z
       
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       To add extra suffering to ourselves, on top of the natural suffering we endure, just seems like the work of a crazy person!And yet, we are looked at strangely when we suggest it's ok to do less.
       
 (DIR) Post #9l0NcqTcWIWzIlsVoe by scribe@ganesha.masto.host
       2019-07-18T16:21:16Z
       
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       The fetishism for MORE is, I think, a modern curse. We live in fear of being left behind and outcompeted, and in fear of being shouted at for delivering less than 100%. "MORE" is inherently linked up with "correct".
       
 (DIR) Post #9l0NcqxOjaLmn7oIEK by scribe@ganesha.masto.host
       2019-07-18T16:23:31Z
       
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       To do less is to stop competing. We equate it with giving up, with failure. 90% is "good". 50% is "meh". 0% is "outcast".And yet, when we are doing and achieving nothing, we have all the potential in the world ahead of us. To stop competing is to start listening.