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138. Maps of Meaning 10: Genesis and the Buddha

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast

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Suicide, That's the End of Childhood

The world collapsed, and gotama returned to his but the delights of his previous life were ashes in his mouth. He ventured forth a third timethe gods, in their mercy, sent him a dead man in funeral procession. This is your end, said the attendant, and the end of all men. Well, that's the end of childhood, right? There's no going back after that. It's like pinocchio. It goes back. That's how you replace your emergent self consciousness with the old, blissful unconsciousness. And that's exactly what suicidal people wish. They're going to destroy their painful self consciousness and make it all go away....

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