/lit/ - Literature

>>15004169
OP here. Holy shit, how has nobody refuted this yet? Is my refutation actually solid?

>>14598629
Fucking hell, anon... My best wishes and prayers are with you. I can relate to this right now. I don't want to make a new thread so I'll just write it here:

My gf of a couple of years (engaged) got raped recently by a black man and is carrying his seed. How the fuck do I cope with it as someone who does not believe in taking the life of an unborn child? Any pro-life literature that would help me here?

>>14015088
>It's another religious debate on /lit!

Yay, lets keep going round and round in circles!

What are some good books that describe, in vivid detail, the mutilation and desecration of an innocent animal? For example, let us say the protagonist is walking through the primary setting of this supposed book, and he chances upon a stray dog, which he then proceeds to stab and kick and many other violent things.
I want a book that is like this. Thanks in advance for all your help.

>>12945284

It seems like it all could have been avoided if Westerners had respect for the source of the wisdom they want to gain. I have spent years seeing little self-help books like "Zen in the Office", "Zen Marriage", "Buddha the CEO" and other pop lit garbage floating around in bookstores, and I was revolted by it, but I never even imagined that people would seriously harm themselves with these 'glittering' tools. It reminds me of the Greek notion of hubris.

Still, I want to cultivate compassion for them. You have calmed my anger. Thank you for sharing your perspective with me.

>>12853648

Quit being a fucking pussy and make yourself read. It should be as difficult as possible, preferably nonfiction.

I did this to myself with Hegel's Phenomenology of the Spirit. Basically, after a few years of not reading, I violently beat my mind into submission.

It was like this:
>mood of I don't want to read
Forced to read something difficult with little to zero enjoyment
>mood of I want to read
Allowed to read for pleasure

Classic conditioning. It worked for me, I regained my love of reading in a few weeks.

>>12787607

Freedom from desire does not imply suicide, my dude. Gautama Buddha learned this when he nearly starved to death and was no closer to enlightenment than when he had a full stomach. The Middle Path is just good advice even if you do kill the Buddha.