--- spider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Why not work on being happy? What do you have > against happiness? The fact > that there are a few people on this list whose goal > in life is to be a piece > of cardboard makes me happy. I chuckle when I > consider that there is someone > on earth who thinks enlightenment is to have no > feelings or sensations or > opinions. It makes me happy to know that whenever > anyone mentions that they > are happy, there are a couple of folks who jump out > of the woodwork to warn > against being happy. Why not just be? Indeed! > > Why don't you commit suicide? Why live? What are you > living for? What is the > point of your existence? Certainly living so that > you can imitate a wooden > plank is a waste of resources. A wooden plank has > already achieved the > realization that you seek. So has a cardboard box. > > Kill yourself, and you will achieve the total void > that you seek. You will > "just be" a decomposing pile, instead of living to > become one. In fact, the > total nothingness that you strive for is probably > what you will feel when a > bullet is exploding through your brain. Don't just > pretend to be nothing > when you can be nothing. Don't just stand a step > away from living when you > can embrace what you really want. Become one with > the compost.
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