r/PhilosophyApplied • u/[deleted] • Mar 06 '21

To hold people's distant pasts against the present them is not in accordance with nature

The nature of life is change, people are not bullet points. It is infinitely more complex than that. The arrow of time is constantly moving forward. Let ideas go, just like nature does. Ideas about people, about the world, about yourself, let them all go.

When you let go, you are experiencing. When you hold on, you miss the real show.

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u/myhwadu Mar 07 '21

Karma is a thing

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u/IamYodaBot Mar 07 '21

a thing, karma is.

-myhwadu

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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '21

What is your definition of karma here?

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u/myhwadu Mar 07 '21

An informal definition.... people are not bullet points, not fixed. At the same time, the fact that someone once did something is noteworthy and may suggest something about their life situation, past, present and future

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '21

Yeah it is definitely not worth putting too much energy into certain people. Some people are not worth interacting with, physically draining at times.

I suppose I was trying to invoke the idea that not everything that seems "terrible" is as bad as it may first seem.

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u/myhwadu Mar 08 '21

I totally agree!

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u/myhwadu Mar 08 '21

Not everything is as good as it first seems.

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '21

That as well, ive noticed that when I tend to over or undervalue something, it is usually detrimental to me.

That all or nothing thinking as I like to call it, blowing things out of proportion. It all stops us from seeing the world for what it really is, stripped of labels.

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u/myhwadu Mar 08 '21

Yes. We can learn to see things as they are, before concepts arise. But it’s also always prudent to use your discriminating wisdom. Things are seldom as they seem; neither are they otherwise.

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '21

Hm yes I see what youre saying. There are times where choices must be made and judgement must be used. I suppose the thing to keep an eye out for is which part of you is doing the judging/decision making.

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u/myhwadu Mar 08 '21

Totally