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Mind Map by Nathan Lin, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Nathan Lin
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Restlessness
- External forces in society can make individuals restless
- Capitalistic society wants individuals to be restless to sell more
- Capitalistic society wants individuals to be restless to sell more
- Religion x belief traditions taught us to prepare for death
- The key is to have a relaxed attitude towards death
- Have a nonchalant attitude to death
- Learn how to live
- Imminent contentment
- Enjoy the goodness of life, as it is and don't have expectations that are too high/unrealistic
- Don't take things too seriously
- This is key to happiness
- Solves restlessness
- Solves restlessness
- This is key to happiness
- Don't take things too seriously
- Enjoy the goodness of life, as it is and don't have expectations that are too high/unrealistic
- Imminent contentment
- Learn how to live
- Have a nonchalant attitude to death
- The key is to have a relaxed attitude towards death
- Rooted in unhappiness
- Why is happiness so evasive? Why are we so obsessive with happiness?
- "Man transcends man" - Pascal
- It is in human nature to be both capable of being happy and sad
- Human imagination drives desire, to want more
- Even when we are happy, or are in a good financial position, etc, we still may have hidden miseries
- We cannot stop this imagination and desire, it must be channeled or pathologies will occur
- So if humans desire change, constant amusement, it must indicate that we are unsettled within
- Thus, sadness is okay, restlessness is okay.
- Thus, sadness is okay, restlessness is okay.
- So if humans desire change, constant amusement, it must indicate that we are unsettled within
- We cannot stop this imagination and desire, it must be channeled or pathologies will occur
- Even when we are happy, or are in a good financial position, etc, we still may have hidden miseries
- Human imagination drives desire, to want more
- It is in human nature to be both capable of being happy and sad
- "Man transcends man" - Pascal
- Why is happiness so evasive? Why are we so obsessive with happiness?
- Man is different from other animals because of reason or imagination.
- Imagination fuels desire
- You desire what you don't have
- You have high expectations and hopes
- Sometimes this is unrealistic or difficult to achieve, which can bring unhappiness
- Thus, be content with what you have
- Thus, be content with what you have
- Sometimes this is unrealistic or difficult to achieve, which can bring unhappiness
- E.g. Change
- You have high expectations and hopes
- You desire what you don't have
- Imagination fuels desire
- Defined as: Being active, yet being devoid of purpose
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