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Consider that some people have gotten past it, and that it's not a "cope". Enlightenment is real even if it horrifies you because you aren't there yet.


I've visited that space before. Its greatest tragedy isn't the ideas it births, but how seductive the nihilism becomes. You recognize its smallness once you've outgrown it.


If it's nihilism, it's not enlightenment! There is still/more meaning in impermanence.


Sure if it helps you sleep at night, but it also leads to a lot of unhealthy behaviors such as drinking, smoking, and not taking care of yourself.


Enlightenment is cope. It's literally coping so hard you enjoy the cope itself.




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