I seemed to recall some words from an old Zen master, something like, "My Zen cuts down mountains. … - Quentin S. Crisp

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If taxpayers want to keep more of the money they earn, they must also work to become less dependent on a government check. We look to government too often and to ourselves not enough.

Quentin S. Crisp

I seemed to recall some words from an old Zen master, something like, "My Zen cuts down mountains. " My rejection of Buddhism was a cutting down of mountains; that is precisely how it felt to me.

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I went for a walk in the rain. Recently, whenever it rains, I feel like I want to go for a walk.

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This is part of the fundamental character of Buddhism that I find problematic - that it is not interested in anything. Hence the 'Fascination' in the title of the essay, the fascination of art and creativity, stands in opposition to what is called 'Liberation'.

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The research reading I did for Fascination and Liberation included some Jung, and I noticed that he had a similar impression of Buddhism to myself, that, if it weren't for certain qualifying clauses, the philosophy would be downright suicidal.

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I have a sense of them being Easter religions, for some reason. Christianity, of course, is a mystery religion, too, and I believe that Arthur Machen was one of those especially interested in the link between the pagan mysteries and the Christian ones. So, my experience was also a Machenesque experience.

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It would be hard to say that exactly, but antinatalism is a reality in my life, not just an interesting idea. I can feel it in the chilled and weary marrow of my bones.

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