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Originally Posted by KazzaX
I think what the OP described is really the thing everyone aims for. Sort of like how monks try to reach enlightenment but never really get there (due to the constraints of reality), but it is their goal and something to strive for. I think what you described is equivalent to that. The constraints of reality will always stop us from achieving that, but we should still aim for it nonetheless (like the monks do!).
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One of the things that I've definintely learned in my life - and not from therapy - but just from existing on this planet is that we really really do set our own reality.
What I've come to understand is how easily we accept the heavy restraints on us, when in fact, they are likely a lot lighter than we think -if there at all.
I'm not an ox. I will not accept the emptional restraints that people want me to have any longer. I simply will not do it.
I'm not sure living a good/peaceful/happy life is about reaching enlightenment, but rather living it the way we want - with all options on the table for consideration.