/lit/ - Literature

>>15580650
Yes.

>>15546677
>>15547042
Both the Buddha and Stirner preach life affirming philosophies, they just accomplish it in opposite ways.

The Buddha reaches enlightenment by realizing that all the problems an individual has are caused by their fabricated subjective reality, in which they are the center. Individuals suffer because they do not realize that their egos force them to only see a tiny fraction of reality. The Buddha became enlightened by realizing that his ego made him feel separate from the outside world, while he in fact was a part of the external world and relied on it for his existence. So a feeling of disconnection from reality is an illusion because all living people are a just piece of the universe. The Buddha drew spiritual strength from this connection.This is life-affirming because an individuals suffering is inconsequential in the grand scheme of things, yet important subjectively to the individual.

Whereas Stirner had a similar realization to that of Buddha. That individuals are in fact the masters of their subjective realities. Meaning a man only feels oppressed by reality when he conceives that his will is being oppressed in some way. Stirner did not champion being a part of external reality like Buddha did, but instead realized that each individual can reshape their own ego. In doing so an individual can reshape their values in that what they desire is morally correct. This is life affirming because it allows the individual to identity with and shape their entire being. In a sense humans are free from the idea of "sin-nature."

Purity is a spook...

>>15066541
This but also
When you detach from self to a degree you become more pure and good and it becomes spiraling loop one reinforces the other