ChipTuner on Nostr: > I think reducing suffering is better understood as a desirable consequence of ...
> I think reducing suffering is better understood as a desirable consequence of helping people become more fully alive and in tune with their nature, for example the practice of medicine restoring lost or crippled function. You really don't want reduction of suffering as a direct goal. The only way to fully eliminate potential suffering is to eliminate potential sufferers.
Yeah I think Im trying to highlight on the "point of view" part of suffering. Many people are willing to share their opinion on the idea of the cycle of suffering as a whole, but not define suffering from their point of view. Well we can all rally around the idea of making "life easier" but what does that actually mean? What struggles are necessary for a healthy and fulfilling human existence. I suppose religion is the largest attempt to answer this, if posed as a question. I guess this gets into strange scientific territory in my brain because now I see an optimization problem XD
Yeah I think Im trying to highlight on the "point of view" part of suffering. Many people are willing to share their opinion on the idea of the cycle of suffering as a whole, but not define suffering from their point of view. Well we can all rally around the idea of making "life easier" but what does that actually mean? What struggles are necessary for a healthy and fulfilling human existence. I suppose religion is the largest attempt to answer this, if posed as a question. I guess this gets into strange scientific territory in my brain because now I see an optimization problem XD