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Venting I just hate being sober

washingtonbound said:
I don't think it's necessarily immoral to eat meat, as humans had to do so for thousands of years before civilization, especially in cold climates when plants froze over, there was no other option. It's more just the concept of having to constantly consume something to sustain yourself, when there isn't much of a point to sustaining yourself in the first place.

Also, as I get older, the more I realize how much I've been lied to, the whole school and work scam, how everyone is treated as a commodity, there just isn't much I see a point in engaging with nowadays at all. Especially now that it seems culture in general is deteriorating rapidly.
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I just thought of a little mental exercise that we were asked to do at the monastery:
Whenever we were served food, we should think of how this food came to be on our plates. From the seeds that were planted by a farmer, the soil that accommodated it, air, sun and water that were supplied so it could grow, the work that was put into caring, harvesting, cleaning and processing, transportation, selling, buying and eventually of the cook who got up early to prepare it all... That put a whole different frame of humility and gratitude in place - for me at least...
And if the food were to be meat, the attitude would be one of gratitude to the sacrifice of the animal as well. Voluntary or not, it gave up it's life to feed us...
This little exercise can also put some awareness into the choice of food we decide to take. Because we do have a limited but undeniable choice.
Whatever we consume becomes a part of us/our Karma, and we can take a bit of responsibility for that.

Sorry it that's too much of rant.. 🙏
 
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Drugs are just a part of my psyche akin to some sort of ascetic self flaggelation or even self punishment. Maybe I'm masochistic. I don't find psychiatric labels to be desirable, though. Been locked up WAY too many times.
 
Mushoku_Sensei said:
So....
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Every culture worldwide for many thousands of years has used psychoactive substances for spiritual, medicinal, and/or recreational purposes. And I believe those three categories overlap considerably.

It seems obvious that human beings universally agree that being entirely drug-free is an intolerable condition --- that is, unless we brainwash ourselves with strict ideologies.

Some of us have issues with certain substances and it's in our best interest to address those problems. But it makes no sense to beat ourselves up for desiring drugs. Deep down, everybody hates being sober. It's the human condition.

Just sayin'
 
Rectify said:
Drugs are just a part of my psyche akin to some sort of ascetic self flaggelation or even self punishment. Maybe I'm masochistic. I don't find psychiatric labels to be desirable, though. Been locked up WAY too many times.
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I'm clearly masochistic in so many ways 🙄. And I agree on the labels.
Idk about you but as @jasperkent said, some issues need to be addressed, others don't.
So I'm using this thread here for further venting and also to get it out there:

I SHALL NEVER SHOOT UP MY LEGS ANY MORE!!!

And beat me if I do, seriously! 😖
 
Mushoku_Sensei said:
I'm clearly masochistic in so many ways 🙄. And I agree on the labels.
Idk about you but as @jasperkent said, some issues need to be addressed, others don't.
So I'm using this thread here for further venting and also to get it out there:

I SHALL NEVER SHOOT UP MY LEGS ANY MORE!!!

And beat me if I do, seriously! 😖
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Pretty impressive that you can keep that on the DL, though!
 
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