The devout Buddhist and stoic work overtime to shed the self.
The addict, however, shortcuts this process to “kill” the self.
The person struggling to find inner peace isn’t comfortable with the world they have built. They are looking to escape the very walls they built. In the end, pleasure only provides a temporary escape.
The true Bodhisattva understands there is no escape. One prison leads to the next. One must transcend the boundaries we humans fight to maintain.
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