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Old 03-04-2016, 04:15 AM
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IMO:
ALL activity is done to better one's situation.
imagine the opposite possibility: "i wish to perform an
action which will diminish my power/joy/self." what would be the
motivation for such a thing? primal motivation is for expansion
of expression/understanding/love. the impetus for action is gain....
Source recognizes that it is ONE (there is no "other").
therefor, ALL motivations, at their root, are "self-serving" (as there is no "other" to benefit from it!).

the taoists had the opposite slant... to learn you would daily LOSE not daily GAIN.

and it makes sense, a lot of the stuff there is to gain isn't really worth gaining in the end.

personally I'm happier not trying to gain stuff.
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Old 03-04-2016, 04:32 AM
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the taoists had the opposite slant... to learn you would daily LOSE not daily GAIN.

and it makes sense, a lot of the stuff there is to gain isn't really worth gaining in the end.

personally I'm happier not trying to gain stuff.


i agree-ish.
[the best i can do since your statement is 'oppositional']

the effort of seeking gain is undesirable, and it implies an inherent lack.

my statement seems to imply that there is no benefit in attaining a state of nothingness.

my mind considers that as logical.
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Old 03-04-2016, 04:42 AM
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i agree-ish.
[the best i can do since your statement is 'oppositional']

the effort of seeking gain is undesirable, and it implies an inherent lack.

my statement seems to imply that there is no benefit in attaining a state of nothingness.

my mind considers that as logical.

no I wouldn't go for nothingness either
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Old 03-04-2016, 04:47 AM
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no I wouldn't go for nothingness either
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