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Not going or being crazy
lobster
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Most of us are or have been helped by our attunement with Dharma. None claim constantperfection. Some even claim the Buddha was not perfect, in all scenarios.
I find a great openness in many Buddhists, especially the enlightened ones. You may notice that there are depths or a range of unfoldings into enlightenment.
Ultimately it increases our capacity for sanity, ordinary connection and a continuing wisdom.
https://www.lionsroar.com/a-sane-life/
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Nothing wrong with being a little crazy.
Just don't overdo it.
Is perfection not also death? Being perfect means nothing should be changed.
The nature of samsara is that things are impermanent, and imperfect, and alive.
We live reality every day, and learn to accept what is better.
Thus have I heard and so I've been told:
Everybody is somebody's weirdo
With the exception of @lobster, @lobster is everybody's weirdo
Exactly so.
Balancing the needs of others (and the self as other)
"To Boldly go where no one is stupid enough to go" may be a comedic Enterprise Star Trek or simply our only sensible option if otroverts...
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/aug/20/are-you-an-otrovert-why-this-personality-type-could-be-your-greatest-gift
No.
Not a very well-reasoned argument…
Well, it's not an argument. It's a simple response, disagreeing with your assertion.
Death is not "perfection". Rather, like all phenomena, death is conditioned, relying on birth to occur. Therefore, it is not perfection. It isn't even real. Just a part of the cycle of birth, old age sickness and death, that the Buddha taught to free us from.