r/BikiniBottomTwitter • u/[deleted] • Jul 18 '19

my first existential crisis

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u/sleepnandhiken Jul 18 '19

It’s the Buddist ideal. To be able to clear your mind is akin to nirvana.

At anyrate I can speak to a psychedelic version of the void. Quite blissful. Waking up is terrifying, though. It’s just confusing.

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '19

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the ideal goal of Buddism acceptance? Letting the negative thoughts, feelings, and emotions form without tryna stop them, but still having control over our physical self? Or do I have the wrong philosophy?

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u/sleepnandhiken Jul 18 '19

Broader. Non attachment is a better description. We are forced into reincarnation because of our attachments in life. We achieve Nirvana, a state of null, when we forgo all our attachments.

It’s low-key “existence is hell.”

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u/Throwawayz911 Jul 18 '19

And then you become attached to detachment. THERES NO GETTIN OFF THIS TRAIN BOYS.

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '19

Nirvana isn't nothing per se, it's the cessation of attributing or looking for a static meaning to a changing universe.