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Just study some Taoism and you will never care again

Where did you pick up these concepts without reading? Anyway The Elementary Particles, and The Possibility of an Island.

>>17418008
Be careful with spiritual bypassing

you take drugs to deal with the pain anon, books are for getting over it

>>17418040
I doubt one can thoughtfully read a good Tao Te Ching translation and still cling to some worldly problems

>>17418067
>>17417988
Zhuang Zhi is better for calming the mind.
Alan Watts book on Wu Wei is also a decent start

>>17417988
take a look at No Longer Human by Dazai and Stoner by Williams, you might find comfort in character dealing with a situation as similar as yours

>>17418040
Tbh everyone should spiritually bypass. it would solve everything.

>>17417988
only Castaneda dude. how to be a warrior. the chance is one in a billion, but if you eventually understand truth, you might consider your life as a blessing, not a punishment.

>>17418469
>submit to demons for superpowers
Hard pass. The fetishistic way the old indio describes the teacher is so offputting

>>17418490
shill, gtfo

>>17417988
Maybe you should just stop being such a whiny bitch, Anon-kun.

>>17418031
«les particules élémentaire» is translated by "atomised"

>>17418662
as a psychologist you suck.

Just move innawoods like I did and you will find inner peace and some meaning.
It's funny seeing city bugs go insane, it's like watching a game for me.

>>17418439
I personally wouldn't read Zhuangzhi before Laozi. Tao Te Ching reveals you basic concepts of Tao and non-action. without understanding them Zhuangzi can be easily misinterpreted

>>17417988
Sounds pretty fuckin badass, anon.

>>17419493
Faggot

>>17417988
Look up suicide guides.

>>17418773
Not in my edition

>>17417988
No book can save you. Get down on your knees and pray.

>>17420485
how about you get down on your knees and suck me off

>>17418901
youre still using the internet, hypocrite

>>17417988
On Pain by Ernst Junger

>>17421232
never said i was going ted mode

>>17418031
>The Elementary Particles

one final push to send anon into the abyss, eh?

>>17418047
>be me
>saving up for a house since 17
>lockdowns hit
>no job
>house prices all spike
>realize I will now never own a house
>spend 7 years worth of savings on coke and hashish in half a year
>throw half of it away in fit of rage

>>17417988
Phyl-Undu

>>17417988

Read the hug im sending you frend:)

>>17417988

Being & Time

>>17417988
The Bible.

Come to Church, brother.

>>17422602
This. Amen.

>>17422602
nothing improves the mood like being the only young person in a crowd and getting asked to donate by a person who makes more money than you lel

>>17422175
start from scratch I mean what else can you do

>>17422602
>sitting in the pews for a fucking hour, listening to some fat tittied numale pastor lecture about some basic bitch day one surface level shit about how "jesus is love bro" spliced with some shitty hymns written and copyrighted by a hollywood jew and concluded with an admonition about how we need to import more good decent christian refugee child soldiers from the asshole of africa and settle them right in the heart of our community and don't forget to donate a tenth of your paycheck

>>17417988
The pain never went away for me, you can only distract yourself fren. Buy yourself a copy of Infinite Jest and a bottle of whiskey I guess.

>>17418008
So self induced depression? Sounds like good times.

>>17422175

Are you for real?

I'm seeing quite the opposite and home prices are going down.