tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14973016056573614.post1221576772479062381..comments2023-11-05T00:17:26.235-07:00Comments on Reachfar: ResilientRoger Leishmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13094800550572325574noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14973016056573614.post-46973279721408352462018-07-12T20:45:21.656-07:002018-07-12T20:45:21.656-07:00Robert Wright makes a similar observation in "...Robert Wright makes a similar observation in "Why Buddhism Is True" at p. 85. Recognizing that dukkha is pervasive is paradoxically liberating. Non-self is about objectively dislodging oneself from the center of the universe. And of course nothing is permanent.Roger Leishmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13094800550572325574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14973016056573614.post-35974587980593343672018-06-21T07:25:18.544-07:002018-06-21T07:25:18.544-07:00_(1) personalization – the belief that we are at f..._(1) personalization – the belief that we are at fault; (2) pervasiveness – the belief that an event will affect all areas of our life; and (3) permanence – the belief that the aftershocks of the event will last forever._<br /><br />Very interesting in how neatly these map to three characteristics of existence in Buddhism: <br />1. Impermanence (3)<br />2. Suffering (2,1)<br />3. Selflessness (1,2)<br />Suffering is perhaps the hardest to map, at first glance. But the Buddhist conception that ALL life is suffering is liberating. When life is suffering it makes no sense to personalize suffering or to see any one moment of sorrow as pervasive. Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14520113896946845614noreply@blogger.com