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minus-squareSunlitSorceress@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down6·20 days agoIf you had to be content with the state of the world before feeling tranquil, nobody would ever feel tranquil.
minus-squareMentalEdge@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down3·20 days agoThen it’s a good thing that isn’t what I claimed.
minus-squarefrightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down3·20 days ago🤦 For most people, a prerequisite feeling for tranquility, is contentment. And trust me, no pacifist is “content” with the current state of the world.
minus-squareMentalEdge@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·edit-219 days agoLook up the difference between “most” and “all”. Further, consider that not all people are pacifists. Finally, note how I go on to describe how one can feel things one otherwise wouldn’t, depending on what one is focused on. You have to willfully bend my words to misinterpret what I said to mean that tranquility is an impossible state for a person to be in.
If you had to be content with the state of the world before feeling tranquil, nobody would ever feel tranquil.
Then it’s a good thing that isn’t what I claimed.
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Look up the difference between “most” and “all”.
Further, consider that not all people are pacifists.
Finally, note how I go on to describe how one can feel things one otherwise wouldn’t, depending on what one is focused on.
You have to willfully bend my words to misinterpret what I said to mean that tranquility is an impossible state for a person to be in.