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Is the secret to happiness all just in your head?

>> No.16289066

>>16289047
Yes. Just be happy.
If you can't do that then take drugs.
That's it.

>> No.16289177

Unironically yes.

>> No.16289185

Most likely yeah

>> No.16289192

Yes but unironically

>> No.16289205

>>16289047
Don't be attached to some sort of form that demands happiness
Haven't you listened

>> No.16289227

>>16289047
Basically, yes. I mean just look at him. If he can do it you can do it.

>> No.16289228

>>16289047
No. Whether you are happy or not is entirely dependent on chance and factors outside your control. You have to do your best to be happy, but whether you'll ultimately succeed or not is a coin flip.

>> No.16289240

>>16289066
why not both? drugs as the gateway from happy to happier?

>> No.16289279

"Don't Try"
C. Bukowski

>> No.16289300
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16289300

>>16289279
Do!
Or do not.

>> No.16289430 [DELETED] 

>>16289300
You know, Chuck thoroughly kicked Yoda's ass here and exposed what a poseur Lucas was.

For example, Yoda's implication, "There is no try," speaks to Bukowski's point: it is obviously true to anyone there is a whole lot of trying going on.

>> No.16289461

>>16289047
Thats what ancient metaphisycs always teached

>> No.16289479
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16289479

meditate on it

>> No.16290450

Yes.
Science will not save us
The only difference is that people will be depressed in space

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16291254

>>16289047
Yes, but your mind is spread into your surroundings, so to get your head right, you have to get your relations with the surrounding right. Most likely this requires you to DO something

>> No.16291286

happiness is a meme

>> No.16291341

>>16289047
physiognomatically, what's going on here?

>> No.16291369

>>16291286
Well it's a choice, nobody is forcing you to be happy

>> No.16291547

Just feel the inner energy field of your body and be present in the eternal now bro.

I typed this ironically but I actually felt a wave of serenity as I was typing. Weird.

>> No.16292577

>>16289227
He's happy because he's filthy rich with a mansion

>> No.16292626

>>16289047
He reminds me of that Danish bus driver who makes coding videos on Youtube