Paul Bloom - The Pleasures of Suffering and the Search for Meaning
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How Do You Define Your Life?
i was interested in why do i over complicate life and then say i want it to be simpler? That's one of the things when i think of and ow suffering that almost created suffering, but i think meaning comes from it. People with high meanings live lives of stress and difficulty and anxiety. And often they seek out. They seek those out for different ways. I think we get bored otherwise. You know, i tell the story, this isn't my story. This is a story by allan watts. In parable goes like this: imagine you go to sleep one night and you find yourself in a lucid dream. You could dream whatever you want for 85 years,. af experienced time
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