#metaphysical #wisdom Created at 2022-12-17 # [Anonymous feedback](https://www.admonymous.co/louis030195) # [[Epistemic status]] #shower-thought #to-digest # Related - [[Subjective reality]] - [[Low expectations]] - [[Prescription]] - [[Nihilism]] # TODO > [!TODO] TODO # Good and Bad %%The Bacchian Good & Pleasure, by Escher%% >Why do we divide life, calling this good and that bad, thereby creating the conflict of the opposites? >~ [[Krishnamurti|Jiddu Krishnamurti]] ![[1671434766937_The_Bacchian_Good___Pleasure__by_Escher_.jpg]] > If you are no longer interested in "good" things, "bad" things cannot disturb you. > ~ [[Kapil Gupta - Direct Truth - Uncompromising - Non-Prescriptive Truths to the Enduring Questions of Life|Kapil Gupta]] %%Pain, by Picasso%% ![[1671434785148_Pain__by_Picasso.jpg]] > He has grown tired of seeking [[Pleasure|pleasure]]. And in so doing he has become immune to the [[Pain|pain]] that follows. > ~ [[Kapil Gupta - Direct Truth - Uncompromising - Non-Prescriptive Truths to the Enduring Questions of Life|Kapil Gupta]] ![large glowing green orb in the sky with the sun shining through its center, bright godrays, vibrant contrast, by sylvain sarrailh, rossdraws, ambient light, ultra detailed, fantasy artwork, 8 k, volumetric lighting, trending on artstation, award winning, beautiful scenery, very beautiful. ](https://lexica-serve-encoded-images.sharif.workers.dev/md/029913e3-a168-4e11-94ea-d50b1c5bd798) >On the path to [[Wisdom]], it is first imperative to let go of the "good." For only then is it possible to let go of the "bad." >~ [[Kapil Gupta - A Master's Secret Whispers For those who abhor the noise and seek The Truth about life and living|Kapil Gupta]] ![giant cats sleeping, waterfalls, small monks in dark-red robes; by Tom Bagshaw, Ivan Shishkin, Hans Thoma, Asher Brown Durand](https://lexica-serve-encoded-images.sharif.workers.dev/md/02f9ad8d-8221-468d-b6fb-6ebe2155f052)