Depressive thoughts from life being a game

karmasutur3 · 2015-03-12T21:43:20+00:00

When you first have to drop your fantasies, it's very depressing.

But, if you don't give up, and keep digging, and learn more truth, you will find some very encouraging things at the bottom of the pile.

In other words, I think everyone idealistic is depressed by the reality of things, but in the end, I wouldn't have it any other way, the way things are.

It puts so much control in your hands, in the end. It means that you can make choices and get what you need, rather than just being screwed.

balalasaurus · 2015-03-12T21:22:50+00:00

When Neo swallowed the pill, he was hit with the fact that his life as he had known it was not real. His old, matrix life was nothing more than a virtual reality, propped up by the consciousness of so many other ignorant minds. However that world, as virtual as it may have been, was the key to effecting real change. Where he could have fallen prey to the apathy that comes with such realization, he chose instead to act, to derive meaning from what he thought was once real.

In the same vein, since you've swallowed the pill you now see the world as it really is. You understand that what you thought was real was really just an illusion designed to keep you ignorant in order to preserve the current system. Without a doubt such a thing is hard to accept. But the fact is, you're not alone. Each of us since swallowing the pill, have had to deal with this to varying degrees.

The truth of the matter is that old world is gone. The meaning you ascribed to it is gone. But what is also true is that now, with this new found perspective, you are primed to create your own meaning, to effect your own change. You can go on playing the game expecting it to give you some purpose, or you can see that the game is a tool from which purpose can be created. The choice is yours.

midnightbean · 2015-03-13T01:02:28+00:00

I know these feels, but after a while you may find as i did that you can steal really enjoy who someone is...a girls kindness for instance now means more to me than will i find that deep passionate movie love. Love someone for who they are, and enjoy that you can spend your time with them and they you. Thats not fake. Whats fake is your expectations.

Sepean · 2015-03-12T22:52:04+00:00

No. I don't see why understanding people should make your feelings for them go away. Maybe you're depressed?

tangman · 2015-03-12T23:15:33+00:00

That book is pretty old and that PUA-style game is heavily flawed. You want to get off canned lines and routines ASAP, forget about "building attraction" or moving through silly phases.

You'll feel connection with people when you're being genuine and enjoying the moment.

midnightbean · 2015-03-13T01:02:58+00:00

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Title	Depressive thoughts from life being a game
Author	DrRehabMonsterReborn
Upvotes	5
Comments	22
Date	March 12, 2015 8:29 PM UTC (11 years ago)
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