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RE: Can we be happy doing things we don't want to do?
I reckon the trick to happiness is recognizing what things do make us truly happy as opposed to the the things we are told "should" make us happy.
I know it has taken much of my life to be able to distinguish.
Generally our modern western education is all about making us obedient consumers of bullshit, without any true education about ethics or our nature as human beings.
It takes maybe some Ayahuasca journeys and some luck to escape the clutches of cycle of materialistic greediness.
Way back in 1983 I acquired a brand new Porsche, and found the experience quite hollow, but my brainwashing continued for a long time after....
Now I'm my happiest; solo cycle touring with the minimum.
I finally escaped much of the brainwashing.
That's awesome to hear! I lost most of my "possessions" in a flood about 16 months back and I found the experience quite liberating honestly. So much having shit just to have shit and it's all pointless. I haven't got to have the ayahuasca journey lol, but I have dabbled in other things that break the fourth wall so to speak. Awesome comment!