It is rather easy to get lost in thoughts and confusion these days. Things are moving too fast and – often times – to all directions. AI and decentralized technology, global warming, domestic and international conflicts, our well-being. Never before are we this deeply connected and informed (and not informed at the same time). Everyone feels like they NEED to run if they don’t want to be left behind. If you turn on the news, all you see is deeply tailored to either that will keeps you engaged mindlessly for hours or what people want you to see. In that process, one might lose the sense of what is important to oneself.

However, if one get your mind out of one’s earthly body for a little, one might realize that today has never been lived. Everyday is another day added to our existence. Entropy is essentially… progress. There is no script or planned plot. You are completely free to choose your reaction to whatever happens to the world or to you, but something is bound to happen. Things are expected to happen.

Christian replied to me,

I think you are not alone with this at all.
For one, the news cycle are focused on doom and gloom, so consuming less of that is always advisable. It s good to be informed but not to a point where it destroys our ability to live and function “well”, whatever that means.

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And if you can and feel inclined to it, it may be good to be socially active. This can be directly related to the madness or indirectly (i.e. community building around wholesome activities). The latter is what I try to do with lot of the Buddhist activities.

These are really strange and difficult days, globally and for many individually. For me, one of the most helpful perspectives is that of humanity’s basic goodness, or Buddha nature. It may sound absurd to invoke that, given the news these days: I am 100% convinced of our fundamental goodness. Despite all the madness and greed, if there was no basic goodness, the world would have already ended so many times over. There are so many more good and kind people in the world than the opposite. Despite the aggression and wars, most of us are kind and respectful to each other. Maybe not all the time – we do mess up at times and I know that from my own actions of course – but fundamentally we are trying our best.
Call me naive or silly – that’s my conviction and it keeps me sane, to a certain extend at least.

Then there is the Buddhist wisdom that amazingly helps us cut through and gain a really wide perspective. For this, in my view, it is worth studying and practicing.

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On a more personal note, I guess I’m not trying to make sense of what is happening or what might happen in this post. I take no side in war. I’m choosing how I consume the world I’m in and how I react to what is included in the “purchased” package. 🙂 The compass for my action is still somewhat simple and minimal: The only path to change is via doing – do more. Do more.