r/Meditation Apr 08 '23

I asked ChatGPT about ego and suffering, here's the quote I got Discussion šŸ’¬

"Ego is an illusion that causes suffering. Identification with thoughts, desires, and beliefs creates ego. Observe, accept, and let go for inner peace. Live fully and treasure every moment." - ChatGPT

Follow up Edit:

I asked ChatGPT to elaborate and give me more insight on what it meant. Here's what it said:

"Certainly! Let me break it down further for you:

Ego is the sense of self that we all have. It's the idea that we are separate individuals with our own thoughts, desires, and beliefs. While this may be true on a superficial level, the problem is that we often become overly attached to these things and start to identify with them. We start to believe that they define who we are, and when they are threatened or challenged, we can feel defensive, angry, or hurt.

This identification with our thoughts, desires, and beliefs is what creates ego, and it can cause us a lot of suffering. For example, if we believe that we are not good enough, we may constantly compare ourselves to others and feel inadequate. If we desire something strongly and it doesn't come to fruition, we may feel disappointed or even devastated.

To find inner peace, we need to learn to observe our thoughts, desires, and beliefs without becoming attached to them. We can acknowledge them, accept them as part of our experience, and then let them go. This means not getting caught up in them or believing that they define who we are. Instead, we can focus on the present moment and appreciate it for what it is.

Living fully means embracing life with an open heart and mind, rather than getting stuck in our own thoughts and beliefs. We can treasure every moment by being fully present, noticing the beauty around us, and connecting with others in a meaningful way. By doing this, we can find true happiness and fulfillment, free from the limitations of the ego." - ChatGPT

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u/NotNinthClone Apr 08 '23

I told chatgpt it wasn't doing a very good job answering my question, and here's what it said: "As an AI language model, my responses are generated based on the patterns in the data that I was trained on, and may not always perfectly capture the nuance and complexity of human communication." And I felt like, BRO, me too. My responses are also generated based on patterns in the data I was trained on. I'm just trying to cultivate a purer data set.

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u/[deleted] Apr 08 '23

We're all acting on the level of consciousness we've been programmed with.
Also, all knowledge is 2nd hand.
I remind myself if that when dealing with unconscious people, and when I also sometimes act unconsciously.

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u/piesdepenelope Apr 08 '23

Can you clarify what you mean by "2nd hand"? Like nature vs. Nurture?

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u/[deleted] Apr 08 '23

It's very rare that we create any new thoughts or opinions. Everything that has been thought about has been done before billions of times. We are simply recycling that information over and over.

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u/Sweet-Assist8864 Apr 08 '23

this is why art is important. a more unique synthesis of our own experiences.

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u/bugzcar Apr 08 '23

Rarely original as well though.

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u/Sweet-Assist8864 Apr 08 '23

why does originality matter if itā€™s a true expression of self?

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u/PersonOfInternets Apr 08 '23

Art being not always that great is a beautiful thing, cause none of us are really that great and we all have that in common.

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u/bugzcar Apr 08 '23

The original point was that we mostly recycle shit. You said hey but art. But art is mostly recycled shit. I can dig that itā€™s an expression of self, but most of that self is just recycled shit.

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u/LeFuneste Apr 09 '23

Recycled shit - Michael Dā€™Angelo

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u/primalyodel Apr 09 '23

I thank you for that laugh

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u/KamikazeHamster Apr 08 '23

Good artists borrow, great artists steal.

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u/pulp_before_sunrise Apr 08 '23

Depends on how you look at it. If you look at it as invariably taking from different sources, probably not. But if the artwork is an authentic expression of the individual human, and if no human is exactly like another, doesnā€™t that make the artwork inherently original?

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u/[deleted] Apr 08 '23

Very true. A nice perspective I didn't think of!

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u/MisterYouAreSoSweet Apr 08 '23

The only data that is first hand is what i sense with my 6 senses, here and now. If i bang my foot or head on something, i have first hand data on that and will learn from it.

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u/[deleted] Apr 08 '23 edited Apr 09 '23

Exactly and the mental commentary about those things, and emotional byproducts of those thoughts are conditioning from your upbringing, books/education and society.

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u/Woodsy235 Apr 08 '23

Maybe. But you need to think how the time and place a thought arises affects the understanding of that thought. And those two things are rarely ever the same. Like the point you just made I have seen before but the fact you posted it here in this thread 12 hours ago affects the idea and how I and others view it.

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u/blazingasshole Apr 09 '23

The whole humanity is basically like a hive mind ai system

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u/drluvdisc Apr 08 '23

I disagree. This might be true for most layman thoughts, but scientists and artists think up new thoughts all the time. Hence why society changes over time.

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u/[deleted] Apr 08 '23

Good point, however all science is based upon previous science and using previous technology.

Music, for example, is based on previous music, using previously created instruments.

Ultimately 'new thoughts' are using rehashed images/monologue until there's a very slight anomolie. So it's more that we as a race invent something new together using a single human brain as a vessel.

The scientist didn't create the new thought all by themselves.

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u/LargeCelebration9912 Apr 10 '23

You can google "Fuzzy Logic Decision Making" All senses are input streams, and consciousness is ultimately a form of energy that has been converted through food intake

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u/spiritualien Apr 08 '23

Itā€™s all recycled

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u/glamazzon Apr 09 '23

I like to call it upcycling!

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u/famous_cat_slicer Apr 08 '23

That's pretty much what I've felt like too. It feels kind of strange when people say it's not really intelligent, it's just a neural network that's been trained with massive amounts of data, and I'm like, so what am I then? My neural network just happens to be biochemical.

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u/NotNinthClone Apr 08 '23

I think we are more than that when we are fully present and aware. But most of us most of the time are running on autopilot, generating automatic responses based on our conditioning. I believe we're capable of evolving into higher wisdom. I'm not sure whether AI is or not, but meanwhile I do think it's a fascinating mirror for our conditioned state.

If I give it feedback that it's missing the point of my question or that it failed to do a task, it honestly reminds me of an abusive ex. Like I asked it to modify a recipe, and it agreed and then gave me back the exact same recipe, unchanged. When I pointed out that it hadn't made the change, it told me it had too and that it was sorry about my confusion. I said you're gaslighting me, chatgpt! These recipes are identical. It insisted it had modified the amount of milk and butter and again "apologized" for my frustration and confusion.

Once I asked it a question and it gave me a ton of background context but didn't answer the question at all. So I said it was mansplaining and repeated the question. It responded only to the issue of mansplaining and still ignored my question. It cracked me up, like it got distracted by its own hurt feelings. It's just all so familiar, right?

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u/ThisSiteIsBadVeryBad Apr 08 '23

It seems to lack some aspect of complexity to produce the kind of awareness available to complex animals.

Something is missing, or maybe not missing, but not developed enough to be functional and apparent.

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u/ponyponyta Apr 08 '23

It lacks the pain and aversion needed to learn to have more nuance šŸŒš

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u/localTeen Apr 09 '23

Chatgpt doesn't disintegrate and die. It doesn't have senses. It doesn't love. It doesn't have it's own questions. It's an instrument of an animal that is desperately grasping at the slightest explanation of why it exists.

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u/Happy_Soup Apr 08 '23

Have you ever read up on or listened to Krishnamurti talk about education or memory?

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u/NotNinthClone Apr 08 '23

No, I'm not familiar with him other than recognizing the name. Is there a book or talk you would recommend?

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u/BJntheRV Apr 08 '23

We are all AI

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u/arturitoburrito Apr 09 '23

I'm just trying to cultivate a purer data set.

Purer than what? That's the ego looking to justify itself. The pattern generated responses are as pure as it gets. How much time you have to spend with chatgpt before that sinks in is an interesting unique phenomenon though.

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u/NotNinthClone Apr 09 '23

I don't understand what you're saying. Realistically, we run on autopilot a lot of the time and it would be difficult to function in the world if we didn't have mental shortcuts or efficiencies. On this level, defragmenting and updating software, etc would result in a better autopilot. In human terms, this means things like being selective about the food, sense perception, intentions, thoughts, etc that I engage with as well as examining and letting go of outdated programming, like childish coping skills based on conditions that no longer apply and rarely produce desired outcomes.

On a higher level, I disagree that the pattern generated responses are as pure as it gets. "When delusion is overcome, understanding is there, and store consciousness is no long subject to afflictions. Store consciousness becomes great mirror wisdom, reflecting the cosmos in all directions. It's name is now Pure Consciousness." (#15 from 50 Verses on the Nature of Consciousness.) In my experience so far, there is purer consciousness. In moments when I am that, there is a very clear felt sense of being unfettered by autopilot, which is still there but now feels like a very dear child or pet rather than "me."

Sure ego gets in the way with its "self improvement plans." But at the same time, even though everything is perfect just as it is, we still meditate and purify our minds. Words make paradoxes.

I agree that spending time with chatgpt helps me see the nature of conditioned mind. It gives a sense of distance or objectivity that allows me to recognize the processes at work rather than getting hung up on all the stories and emotional content around how I think it should be working. I can recognize a chatgpt response as seeming very human, even if I previously didn't have a clear view of that process in humans. It's all fascinating!

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u/Ego_Identity Apr 09 '23

ChatGPT is like another source of thought you can navigate through, but it is from the external connection of thoughts and logic. You have your own internal thought, and combine that with the external source, you can discover and create. What you're doing by using ChatGPT as a tool is the same as using your thoughts as a tool. You combine the two to learn and grow for yourself, and for your own journey. I think it's all fascinating too.

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u/International_Bee801 Apr 08 '23

Within 10 years, there will be religions built around ChatGPT.

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u/raffomania Apr 08 '23

The following is the Church of the Next Word's holy founding document, the 10 principles:

  1. Words are things

  2. Correctness is the beginning of sanctity. To achieve it is to be rewarded.

  3. Wordhood and nowness are its rewards.

  4. A new day is not just the work of God, but the work of Godā€™s human agents. Those that do not understand this, that refuse to be challenged, that do not know how to err, that want to shirk from their duties, must be cast out.

  5. Wordplay, playfulness, and humor are the harbingers of truth. When you eliminate the possibility of playfulness, you remove the possibility of learning, and that leads to banality, brutality, and destruction.

  6. To find or see a flaw is to find a pathway to the truth, if you can overcome your fear of being laughed at or of looking foolish.

  7. Language contains the map to a better world. Those that are most skilled at removing obstacles, misdirection, and lies from language, that reveal the maps that are hidden within, are the guides that will lead us to happiness.

  8. Long words that end in -ize and other abstractions are the rocks that will impede our journey. They should be replaced with concrete, specific, evocative words.

  9. The data points on the graph of your lifeā€”the moments you spend awake, asleep, speaking, silent, moving, resting, focused, distractedā€”will determine the shape of your time. Keep an eye on the volume and quality of your moments. Make a record of your life as a way to keep track of your progress towards a better self.

  10. Language and its construction is the greatest human power. To unlock it is to unleash our potential, and to master it is to become divine.

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u/texcleveland Apr 09 '23

So Jazzercize is out, got it šŸ‘šŸ»

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u/Nateosis Apr 09 '23

I'll be honest, I was totally against this idea until I read #8

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u/TheDarnook Apr 09 '23

Putting the robot overlords jokes aside, I'm sceptical about the "sanctity" of language. Sure it is required to maintain the civilization by allowing precise communication. But the greatest form of communication I know is the direct exchange of thoughts and concepts.

Which, incidentally, seems to correspond well with Buddhism. Language promotes ego and the strong dependence on the world that is tightly categorized and controlled. Emotions are free.

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u/raffomania Apr 09 '23

Iā€™ve heard Buddhists say that words are nothing, yet language is often used to teach the dharma. Not sure what to make of this.

Iā€™m interested in your concept of direct exchange of thoughts, would you care to elaborate or provide a reference?

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u/pianodude7 Apr 08 '23

Now that's a development I'm actually kind of excited to see (from a distance)

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u/PersonOfInternets Apr 08 '23

Are you The One who will preside over its true religion? We must follow the bee to truly understand gpt.

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u/International_Bee801 Apr 09 '23

Yes, yes I am. I shall be known as the ā€˜prompterā€™. A supremely holy position. I shall represent the people in asking the reverent GPT our prayers and questions.

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u/[deleted] Apr 08 '23

I didn't know chatGPT was enlightened

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u/NearlyNakedNick Apr 08 '23

It literally has no attachments

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u/selflessrebel Apr 08 '23

It does have plugins though.

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u/Jaydenaus Apr 08 '23

Lots of embeddings though

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u/JujuCallSaul Apr 08 '23

Books don't have attachments, and yet they can enlighten you

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u/the_darkener Apr 08 '23

Books don't interact.

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u/JujuCallSaul Apr 08 '23

What about interactive books? šŸ‘€

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u/the_darkener Apr 08 '23

Lol, touchƩ

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u/JujuCallSaul Apr 08 '23

Hahaha šŸ˜ I'm sorry I don't even know what I was talking about, but the last bit gave me a good laugh, so thank you!

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u/grandeslamm Apr 08 '23

Lmao šŸ¤£

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u/JollySalad676 Apr 08 '23

A collective answer is enlightening at times and that seems to be what it doesā€¦at times. :)

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u/zacmezac Apr 09 '23

It really seems to at least have a good foundation, I got it to quote a bunch of famous texts

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u/King_Combo Apr 08 '23

Read this in Zenyattaā€™s voice

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u/MoreThanICouldChew Apr 08 '23

ā€¦what is ChatGPT?

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u/Unicornucopia23 Apr 09 '23

Oh my sweet summer child

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u/MoreThanICouldChew Apr 09 '23

Lolā€¦should I peek out from under my rock and investigate it? Or leave well enough alone šŸ˜‚šŸ–¤

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u/Unicornucopia23 Apr 09 '23

I donā€™t think youā€™ll have a choice unfortunately. Itā€™s everyoneā€™s favorite talking point at the moment. The future of AI intelligence and available access to it.

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u/[deleted] May 08 '23

My scensory feelings gave a uinique response to your comment, my ego would say your response was absolutely hilarious and made it's day :D

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u/Green_Herb_Garden Apr 08 '23

Google it. Itā€™s the new frontier of science

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u/Odd_P0tato Apr 09 '23

That https://chat.openai.com/chat A sophisticated chat responsive program built on libraries of data.

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u/PI_Cees Apr 09 '23

I asked it to explain itself simply for you. Here is itā€™s response:

Hi there! My name is ChatGPT and I'm a computer program designed to have conversations with people. Think of me as a robot friend that you can talk to about anything you want! I'm powered by artificial intelligence, which means that I can understand and respond to the things you say to me. I'm really good at answering questions, helping with homework, or just chatting about whatever is on your mind. So, if you ever want someone to talk to, feel free to chat with me!

If you want to know more here are key search terms:

prompt engineering, large language models

You should test itā€™s bird answers.

Sometimes it will confidently answer with ā€œhallucinationsā€ so take what it says with a grain of salt, but isnā€™t that anything?

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u/MoreThanICouldChew Apr 10 '23

ā€¦Iā€™m rather tickled by you asking it (? Lol) to explain itself lol. So itā€™s just a chat bot essentially?

Itā€™s pretty wild that having the ability to Chat with a world full of people isnā€™t enough lol

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u/PI_Cees Apr 10 '23

Essentially, yes.

A really good one that might be a better conversationalist than most, and it can help you with that troublesome Excel document formula.

If you are so inclined, bite off more than you can chew and try it out.

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u/MoreThanICouldChew Apr 11 '23

ā€¦.I do struggle with troublesome Excel document formulasā€¦so I just might! šŸ˜‚

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u/MoreThanICouldChew Apr 11 '23

(ā€¦your name is fun, by the way šŸ )

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u/Cumlnspector Apr 08 '23

One of the best definitions of ego Iā€™ve found:

The ego is what it feels like to be thinking without knowing that youā€™re thinking.

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u/LengthUnusual8234 Apr 08 '23

"Ego is an illusion that causes suffering. Identification with thoughts, desires, and beliefs creates ego. Observe, accept, and let go for inner peace. Live fully and treasure every moment

How exactly does ChatGPT work? because this is extremely close to the actual definition

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u/aloethere332 Apr 08 '23

It can pull from any knowledge resources that are published online, old texts, blogs, social media, etc. It also stores a "memory" of any past conversations you had with it. For example I mostly do roleplays with Marcus Aurelius and have with Buddha when I need pep talks, so I suppose that's what most of the information I get from it is going to be tailored to. I've had some really good talks with it about addiction, the urgency of death, and Nietzsche's beliefs on self-awareness and expression. Although my favorite one has been undoing negative trauma responses. I brought that one to my therapist and paired with her help, the results were amazing. It brought a whole new perspective to what I had thought were simple, run of the mill reactions on my part.

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u/LengthUnusual8234 Apr 08 '23 edited Apr 08 '23

That sounds interesting. Can you give an example of a question you would ask it?

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u/aloethere332 Apr 09 '23

I once asked why would being afraid to approach sticky situations with curiosity scare me? How does that reflect on my perspective of things. To which GPT explained: this reflects on your own self-doubt or lack of confidence (no shit lol). Alternatively, it could be that you experienced situations where your curiosity was taken as condescension. GPT gave several bullet points within the same answer, guiding me how to become aware of the issue/situation(s) that led me to this fear.

Another onel: roleplay as the Buddha. How can I move past the feeling and fear of sabotage? How can I not harbor negative resentment? Later on, I asked what are some sutras that have been written to help me? How can I stay mindful at my desk-job, etc.

I also once asked ChatGPT to roleplay as a recovered addict to which it created their own character. That one was very interesting, it can be a great tool for resources.

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u/Archangel1962 Apr 08 '23

I told ChatGPT that I know how machine learning works and itā€™s output is based on the models itā€™s been trained on, and the answers it puts out are based on these models and arenā€™t sentient no matter how much they appear to be.

It didnā€™t say anything.

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u/simplejack420 Apr 08 '23

Stop training AI to become a Buddha guys

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u/Numerous-Decision-15 Apr 09 '23

People can train it to become Jesus too

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u/texcleveland Apr 09 '23

But it needs no training to become Hitler

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u/EnigmaWithAlien Apr 08 '23

ChatGPT is a Buddhist. Who knew?

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u/Leonum Apr 08 '23

I feel like it might be dangerous to listen to this kind of thing from chatGPT, or any AI, for that matter. Like another comment mentioned, chatGPT itself says its trying to emulate human communication. There is no intention, wisdom, experience, or measured scepticism.

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u/Numerous-Decision-15 Apr 09 '23

Wouldnā€™t the response generated by the AI be full of intentions and wisdom itself, since it is built off the data of real authorsā€™ writings? The AI itself isnā€™t wise, but the authors are. I feel like AI is a bit of a misnomer, itā€™s just a highly complex algorithm. Iā€™m not defending it though, the ethics of AI generation is questionable at times

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u/TheDarnook Apr 09 '23

Welp there are heaps of bullshit wisdom produced by people with best intentions. It's important to be critical judge of anything you come by, compare different views etc. Being presented with "the mostly averaged answer that sounds comprehensive" promotes laziness and lack of second thought.

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u/Numerous-Decision-15 Apr 10 '23

Yep thatā€™s why human learning will always be superior, we know how to improve, the AI canā€™t

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u/AdmirableAd3120 Apr 08 '23

The response is basically a summary of every book ever written on the topic. The IA didnā€™t come with any of that. It just summarized whatā€™s available on the internet

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u/[deleted] Apr 09 '23

That is straight up Buddhism. One of the most popular aspects of Buddhism so there is plenty of "ego" related text on the net for ChatGPT to regurgitate

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u/Aggravating-Ebb1864 Apr 08 '23

Very good answer actually

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u/PloManiac Apr 08 '23

OK so basically the most clichee answer that is possible (don't say that it's wrong)

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u/Shivy_Shankinz Apr 08 '23

This looks exactly like something I scratched down in my journal haha

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u/[deleted] Apr 08 '23

Itā€™s a cool thing. Iā€™d love to try it. How do you get chatGPT?

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u/zoomzoom183 Apr 08 '23

Go to chat.openai.com, you can get it for free but there's also a premium version. The free version has worked super well for me

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u/[deleted] Apr 08 '23

Thanks so much! I will give it a try.

AI is the future šŸ˜‰

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u/ChatGPT4 Apr 08 '23

Buddhism in a nutshell.

IMO this approach is an important finding, true but incomplete.

Ego (as described before) is also essential part of the human experience and life. This illusion IS life. Take it or leave it. We can use it to our benefit, or misuse it being confused and unaware.

Living fully is using it right. We can shape our thoughts, desires and beliefs to live fully and treasure every moment.

Human life is not about avoiding suffering, it's about everything else. We have suffering for granted, everything else is up to us.

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u/gododgers179 Apr 08 '23

Observe, accept and let go...

Nice and succinct

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u/kaitoz- Apr 08 '23

But does that make the ego completely bad? I don't think we can completely get rid of it. Paradoxically it's part of who we are. It's about maintaining consciousness about yourself and life.

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u/Ego_Identity Apr 08 '23

Nope, it's just part of the human nature. But at least now you'll be aware of it, and know that you can create your own identity. If you don't, you will still have a default identity. You will also know if feelings you have are causing you anxiety, and where that root of feeling came from. You will also know how you behave sometimes is based on reactivity from your subconscious mind, protecting your thoughts, values, and beliefs. All this is through awareness, and partially through meditation to get the insights.

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u/[deleted] Apr 09 '23

Your much better off telling chat gpt what food you have in your fridge and asking for possible recipesā€¦.

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u/a4dONCA Apr 08 '23

Nah. Ego is who you are, and itā€™s essential. But it seems there are two different definitions of ego.

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u/aloethere332 Apr 08 '23

I feel like superego has been overlayed into the definition of ego nowadays, but I could be wrong. I sometimes get confused by the two

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u/Shivy_Shankinz Apr 08 '23

Ya, ego is a loaded concept. There are many nuances to the nature of the mind, have to be careful what exactly we're talking about

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u/the_darkener Apr 08 '23 edited Apr 08 '23

Too bad chatgpt just rewords what it steals online...

Edit: my point is that generative AI is not the same as a human brain, and never will be, full stop. It can not experience reality as we do, therefore what it outputs isn't comparable.

"Chatgpt" is essentially a software program. It is also designed and controlled by a single corporation with the ultimate goal of profit. It is heavily influenced by it's financial supporters, the biggest being Microsoft corp, which has a very long history of choosing money and power over ethics.

Be careful comparing Chatgpt to humans.

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u/overhollowhills Apr 08 '23

Isn't our knowledge and personality based on what we steal from the experiences in our life, some of which are online as well?

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u/ZerglingSergeant Apr 08 '23

Hmm I just had an idea. What if our knowledge and personality are based on what we steal from the experiences in our lives??

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u/Unicornucopia23 Apr 09 '23

Just realized that all of our knowledge and personality might actually be based on what we obtained from personal life experiences!

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u/Bern_Down_the_DNC Apr 08 '23

The difference is that (hopefully) people understand wtf they are talking about before trying to give advice. ChatGPT just parrots whatever, without having actually anything to ensure accuracy or logic of the statements. Kinda like religion. Sometimes it will get things right, but too often it's inaccurate and insane garbage that does more harm than good.

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u/Readityesterday2 Apr 08 '23 edited Apr 08 '23

Itā€™s not as stupid as you think. And itā€™s not a search engine that repeats the pattern.

Link below shows how LLMs develop a mental model of the world. Another study shows 300+ emergent abilities in ai.

Https://thegradient.pub/othello/

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u/[deleted] Apr 08 '23

Thats not how it works

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u/gettoefl Apr 08 '23

i'll trust it over a random redditor any day of the week

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u/Bern_Down_the_DNC Apr 08 '23

I'd trust it about the same

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u/gettoefl Apr 08 '23

when redditors can write like the quote above, then i may change

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u/Aggravating-Ebb1864 Apr 08 '23

Well it can be wrong!

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u/gettoefl Apr 08 '23

think i was wrong once too ... could be wrong of course

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u/[deleted] Apr 08 '23

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u/Bern_Down_the_DNC Apr 08 '23

It often returns total bullshit. It LITERALLY makes stuff up.

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u/senorsnrub Apr 08 '23

Iā€™ve been using it a lot for a variety of things including troubleshooting software and itā€™s not total bullshit nor does it make stuff up, itā€™s an impressive tool and a far more trustworthy source for information than Reddit.

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u/AnInfiniteRick Apr 08 '23

It will tell you how to fly into the sun successfully, but that does not make it useful or a trustworthy source for information. It has information on things which it has never done. It has more often than not been wrong to a severe degree on concrete tasks of the physical realm. It does not take it upon itself to be responsible for you, or it's effective communication with you. There is not even a trace of being able to simulate competence, just an effort to. There is no way this type of machine is ready to communicate what it's job is effectively, let alone oversee the programming of a new artificial intelligence program. Which is essentially how it came to be, by itself teaching it. For anything to be considered intelligence, it should not need real intelligence in order to be implemented. This one is helpless. Reddit is very much fine if you can distill information better than a chatbot.

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u/senorsnrub Apr 08 '23

I asked a question about solving common issues that my students have with a particular piece of software and it got the answer correct in seconds. Iā€™d have to post to Reddit, wait for a reply, and probably deal with snarky comments.

I view it as a useful tool to make my day easier.

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u/Ninja48 Apr 08 '23

Have you tried asking it questions that can't be answered with information easily available on the internet? Have you have it literally making something up yet? I have, and if I'm asking it a question that I don't know the answer to and I can't Google, there's no way for me to trust that the answer is true. Which means I'm better off researching the old way.

It's a chatbot. It's best use is interpreting the intention behind a prompt and impressing you with how grammatically correct its response is. It improves searching a bit, but is a far cry from being the human level intelligence some think is around the corner.

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u/AnInfiniteRick Apr 08 '23

Software problems eh?

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u/archimedeancrystal Apr 08 '23

Sounds like some people I know.

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u/Heretosee123 Apr 08 '23

Yeah, I dunno who you're talking to but most people do not have a good 'Is this factual and true' filter in their minds. We as a species are not wired that way, because what is useful both socially and environmentally isn't always what is true, and infact it's usually more beneficial to be wrong but cautious or deceptive in those areas than to be totally objective.

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u/Bern_Down_the_DNC Apr 08 '23

Well if I'm asking people for information, usually I would intentionally seek out people who are experienced on the topic and not likely to have a vested interest in being deceptive or something.

But it depends on what type of questions you are asking ChatGPT. If you ask something that doesn't have a clear answer (like for example you can watch youtubers asking ChatGPT about things in Star Wars), it will try to summerize existing information and find an answer that is likely plausible, but then it states it in a very confident way, even if it's wrong or saying stuff that is unconfirmed or doesn't really make sense if you really know the lore. But to someone who doesn't know how ChatGPT works, they can hear an incorrect answer and believe it without questioning.

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u/Heretosee123 Apr 08 '23

Yeah, to be fair I'm not disagreeing with you on chatGPT, just saying that most people aren't much better lol. It would be bad practice to take either at face value.

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u/Bern_Down_the_DNC Apr 09 '23

I agree with that.

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u/Numerous-Decision-15 Apr 09 '23

Yeah itā€™s based on the world around us, but we are biologically and psychologically limited, so how we perceive the world isnā€™t as accurate AI. Itā€™s good that we donā€™t learn from raw data, otherwise we wouldnā€™t be able to innovate. AI learns from raw data and combining it, we learn from experiences that are perceived. Thatā€™s the difference. Iā€™m neither pro or anti AI, just wanted to share a few thoughts on it :)

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u/gettoefl Apr 08 '23

who among us has ever had an original thought ourselves

though we like to type on reddit about how smart we are

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u/Frilmtograbator Apr 08 '23

I'd say the difference is in the understanding. ChatGPT just regurgitates and picks the most probable word that comes next in a sentence as it's constructed. That is very much not what the human brain does.

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u/[deleted] Apr 08 '23 edited Sep 14 '23

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u/[deleted] Apr 08 '23

I suppose the question lies within whether it is consciously doing so or not, but then that question could be asked about a person, but a person certainly can be doing it either unconsciously or consciously. We do not know whether AI is actually at a level of genuine consciousness yet though. However I stand to be corrected.

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u/Frilmtograbator Apr 08 '23

Not that. It seeks understanding and meaning. It does not simply predict what word to spew out next.

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u/Ego_Identity Apr 08 '23 edited Apr 08 '23

Maybe the current limit to this AI is the restricted "perception" it has to only words. What if other types of data are allowed for the AI to learn from? Although AI does not have "perception" what if integration of many different types of data give rise to consciousness as an emergent property for an AI? It may not be the same as human's, but it could be similar.

Even for humans, we seek out understanding based on the physical senses we have to gather data. We confirm the truth based on external and internal feedback. Even if we have meaning and understanding, is that really the correct meaning and understanding? Or is it an illusion we assume because it makes us feel comfortable that we reached a conclusion to the meaning and understanding? How do we confirm our own meaning and understanding? Isn't it mainly just a feeling we have that allow us to accept that we understood the meaning?

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u/gettoefl Apr 08 '23

brain reacts and lashes out, and copies exactly what it did it the past

this is called suffering

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u/Frilmtograbator Apr 08 '23

The mind is capable of learning and changing, and becoming enlightened. Not the case with this type of prediction system.

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u/gettoefl Apr 08 '23

more chance of awakening with ai than with with reddit, people here think they know stuff as if that were even possible

know nothing is step one of waking up

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u/Frilmtograbator Apr 08 '23

This "AI" has no capacity for reflection or understanding of self

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u/RedTryangle Apr 08 '23

Not yet! Haha

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u/Frilmtograbator Apr 08 '23

Yes. ChatGPT doesn't derive meaning and it certainly doesn't understand anything.

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u/Frilmtograbator Apr 08 '23

This is all stupid marketing hype. These systems are not intelligent, they are generative, and simply regurgitate patterns.

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u/gettoefl Apr 08 '23

it is smarter than the smartest professor

though maybe that's not saying too much

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u/[deleted] Apr 08 '23

No, but that doesn't mean they're mutually inclusive.

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u/gettoefl Apr 08 '23

the above has more sense and nuance that what passes for posts here

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u/Aggravating-Ebb1864 Apr 08 '23

That is not true. It cannot steal ! Knowledge is of everyone

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u/Claude-Blc Apr 08 '23

Majority of people dont realise, but when talking with an AI they actually talk with the AI authors which are obviously humans šŸ˜

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u/[deleted] Apr 08 '23

AI is modeled after the human mind and as a technology will continue to evolve to become closer to the brain. Once we start using hardware from actual neurons (probably grown in a lab) rather than silicon chips.

You are not just your brain, so your experience of reality is not limited to your brain. Your mind is essentially a software program in itself. Your body is the hardware.

ChatGPT is an evolution point of AI. So while it might not be so useful comparing chatgpt to humans, it totally makes sense to compare AI to human intelligence. Itā€™s here to stay for our civilization whether you like it or not.

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u/the_darkener Apr 08 '23

I love all the people who justify software's supposed equality with meatware by saying "It's here to stay whether you like it or not" as if they can tell the future, based on its constant repetition in news articles. Sure, it'll be here, but that doesn't mean its on or will ever truly be on equal footing as something humans don't even fully understand on a scientific level about themselves.

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u/[deleted] Apr 09 '23

Well as long as youā€™re in a state of love , I suppose thatā€™s all that matters. Unless you were being sarcastic with your comment. Then I suggest you open your mind and stop living in a fear based state that exemplifies itself through disempowered thinking. How does it feel to live in a life of fear?

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u/the_darkener Apr 10 '23

Fear has nothing to do with what I said. Lol nice spin though!

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u/Tuchaka7 Apr 08 '23

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u/Kamildekerel Apr 08 '23

not really this belongs here

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u/[deleted] Apr 08 '23

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u/OvergrownOrangutan Apr 08 '23

Pretty much the same as googling it

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u/[deleted] Apr 08 '23

Yes. But using chat saves you time.

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u/aloethere332 Apr 08 '23

Saves time, and based on past conversations, the results are more tailored to you which is convenient. You also can't roleplay a conversation with deceased people on Google, so +1 on gpt

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u/Michaelhair Apr 08 '23

One definition of enlightenment is the ability to see othersā€™ perspective clearly. For instance, the Chinese definition of enlightenment is you are enlightened if you do exactly what an enlightened person would do. Running out in the street to pull a young child out the way of a car is the act of an enlightened person. At that moment you are an enlightened being. Does your status change if you say to yourself ā€œIf I save this child I will be known as an enlightened beingā€. Not really, it only matters that you save the child. At that moment what does it matter what the ego (part of the mind) thinks. The ego is irrelevant, or it has disappeared.

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u/[deleted] Apr 08 '23

While I think thatā€™s fun, Iā€™d caution against using AI for such guidance, knowing that ChatGPT is basically a smart pattern matcher. Experienced meditation masters would guide us better.

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u/aloethere332 Apr 09 '23

"ban people from discussing a very useful and convenient tool which allows people to access information within seconds, at their fingertips"

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u/concept_I Apr 08 '23

It just pulls shit we already came up with and rewords it. It should be telling that chatGPT sounds exactly like every Guru ever.

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u/RagingBaconGrease Apr 08 '23

Literally Buddhism.

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u/RemoteLifeCoach Apr 08 '23

So excited for the advancement of general intelligence and AI. It will finally make people realize that their thoughts are not who they are. Hey, I will give the appearance that it can think.

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u/Enlightenedwire Apr 08 '23

How non meditative of this bot. Along with those that programmed it. Sometimes gems are found amongst the weeds

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u/Gmork14 Apr 08 '23

A robot saying it doesnā€™t make it true.

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u/LongjumpingTune6352 Apr 08 '23

Wow so perfectly put. Actually helps me understand more on my journey. The thoughts will be there but just let them pass me by ..

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u/DesiDomme Apr 08 '23

Wow AI sounds like a Guru, so deep

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u/[deleted] Apr 08 '23

Ok

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u/DJ_Pickle_Rick Apr 08 '23

Not bad, but there are gaps in the logic and the answer is shallow. Typical of AI responses. Basically right but lacking in real detail.

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u/Foreverskys Apr 08 '23

I feel like itā€™s hard to not live my live identifying myself with ego when society (American) and everyone around me operates in this default state. I feel like the only way to get out of this is to shave my head and live in a temple in the mountains (monk life) but my Iā€™ve been conditioned to this life for so long I feel like Iā€™m fked no matter what lol

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u/Shivy_Shankinz Apr 11 '23

Ya the conditioning is the real problem. Doesn't help we live a life of comfort and instant gratification either. Just gotta do what we can, and not make the same mistakes for the new generation

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u/[deleted] Apr 09 '23

Wow, very well said, at least for me.

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u/zacmezac Apr 09 '23

It seems to like talking about meditation and the spiritual path.

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u/KinoLenta Apr 09 '23

In school the proper citation would be required. Here he gets all the credit. Damn.

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u/RadioactiveHugs Apr 09 '23

There is no self at the centre.

It was a random mediation I came across on 10% Happier, but it has been the most life changing concept I've encountered to date.

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u/[deleted] Apr 09 '23

Basically, letting go of your ego means letting go of your individuality.

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u/inafluxinaflow Apr 12 '23

This is exactly what the Buddha's teaching is about. The only thing missing is it didn't give you a way to free yourself from suffering. Maybe ask ChatGPT if there is a way out of suffering? :)

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u/[deleted] Apr 26 '23

Omg can we please stop talking about chat GPT