Your Mind Is Not Here to Trick You
But the mind only knows what it knows.
It doesn’t know what it doesn’t know. It doesn’t know adventure. It doesn’t know new things. It only knows the memories it already knows.
So the mind is always right — but you have to prove it wrong.
Listen to your heart.
Why Knowledge Is the Most Dangerous Game in the World
I once saw a Buddhist meditate himself to death.
Bummer, I thought—because I understand what Buddha meant, and it's not this. That’s how dangerous knowledge is.
The “There Is No You” Analogy
Let’s say you eat a lot of bread. Therefore, you consist of 10% bread.
You also eat meat—so you consist of 10% meat.
And 10% of the air you’re breathing right now.
And 10% DNA.
And 10% the opinions of others...
At 100%, there is no you. You are woven from different things that change every second.
Does that make life useless? Of course not. It’s just one way of looking at reality.
Buddhism is life without taking any responsibility—a guy sitting under a tree trying to end all suffering in the world.
Do you understand the analogy? Do you see how pretentious that is?