[sergefaguet]

There’s something quite un-human about this idea of just being content and accepting and not standing out. Yes this is what a lot of meditators aim for and it likely means less emotional variability in life.

But it is not peaceful contentment that lifted us from the caves and will lift us to the stars. It is passion. Love. Hatred. Desire. Dreams. Despair. Individualism. That is a large part of what it means to be human.

Not the whole thing to be sure - the sense of unity with all that I get from DMT or similar things is sublime. But a large part of life is about intense striving for the dreams I have. As a self that is separate from the world.

Being happy through absolute contentment with one’s lot in society sounds like what being one of the social insects feels like.

[klyrs]

> There’s something quite un-human about this idea of just being content and accepting and not standing out

Un-human, or un-American? This mindset is not unique to Finland, or even Nordic peoples.