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[deleted] t1_j5gpk72 wrote

Reply to comment by chance_waters in [Image] "If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.” ~ Marcus Aurelius by Butterflies_Books

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chance_waters t1_j5gqdi3 wrote

I'd suggest you read some physics and philosophy, there's not an actual debate here.

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[deleted] t1_j5grenr wrote

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chance_waters t1_j5gxnfn wrote

It's not about what gives me comfort, it's about reality. If it helps you sleep at night to believe your experience of life, emotional reactions etc. are a result of your conscious mind, despite all evidence pointing to the contrary, then who am I to tell you otherwise.

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