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Showerthoughts

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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:

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[–] Acamon@lemmy.world 33 points 1 day ago (10 children)

Isn't that the basic Buddhist / stoic idea? Avoiding suffering entirely isn't possible, and obsessing about evading it is itself a heavy burden, instead choose to accept and be at peace with the suffering that is beyond your control.

[–] 667@lemmy.radio 13 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (6 children)

I’ve heard it put as “all life is suffering”. It can be a bit dark, depending on one’s headspace, but liberating if simply accepted.

[–] sprite0@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

as a buddhist i think this refers to the inherent struggle that is life itself. every organism is born hungry and needs to fight that constant hunger or die. life IS suffering, because only the living need to fight for every minute to just exist., All of our existential suffering falls from that.

What buddha taught is that it's our gift to be able to be present in the moment and observe the sensations that arise from all this suffering without suffering directly.

[–] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

every organism is born hungry and needs to fight that constant hunger or die

huh, and i thought hunger was caused by greed which is itself tied to the modern society

[–] iii@mander.xyz 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

That's a modern narative to misattribute or harness a way earlier pain.

There's famine and pain all throughout recorded history, all around the globe.

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