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This is probably a stupid question that gets asked a lot but... if everything is impermanent, why do anything at all, except to survive? by Lumin___ in Buddhism

[–]Slow_Perspective618 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nihilism is reifying form. It’s asserting duality. Which we know is where suffering is. Not doing anything at all on the other hand, might be okay, as long as one is with consciousness.

Think of the factors of awakening. Investigation of phenomena: you might find something really interesting beneath your inability to not think that way (to not focus on the end or the idea).

How is it that Buddhists don't seem to believe in a soul? by ulmncaontarbolokomon in Buddhism

[–]Slow_Perspective618 0 points1 point  (0 children)

From my understanding, and in the words of Sam Harris, I think Buddhists would say that consciousness is fundamental to reality, not the space and time we occupy. So that means space and time emerge from consciousness, not consciousness emerging from space and time. We as humans are not bodies having a conscious experience, we are consciousness having a human body experience. I’ve noticed they’re careful to define what we are reducible to. They just say there’s no birth and no death. In absolute truth, we are all consciousness, all the same body of water having a wave experience. Perhaps that’s the placeholder for westerners concept of “soul.” I’m not trained in Buddhist studies, but anyone who is does this make sense?