Some items from “An Eschatological Laundry List” found in If You Meet the Buddha on the Road, Kill Him! by Sheldon Kopp.
- This is it!
- There are no hidden meanings.
- You can’t get there from here, and besides there’s no place else to go.
- We are all already dying, and we will be dead for a long time.
- Nothing lasts.
- There is no way of getting all you want.
- You only get to keep what you give away.
- There is no particular reason why you lost out on some things.
- The world is not necessarily just. Being good often does not pay off and there is no compensation for misfortune.
- You have a responsibility to do your best nonetheless.
- It is a random universe to which we bring meaning.
- Evil can be displaced but never eradicated, as all solutions breed new problems.
- Yet it is necessary to keep on struggling toward solution.
- We must live within the ambiguity of partial freedom, partial power, and partial knowledge.
- All important decisions must be made on the basis of insufficient data.
- Yet we are responsible for everything we do.
- No excuses will be accepted.
- You can run, but you can’t hide.
- It is most important to run out of scapegoats.
- All of the significant battles are waged within the self.
- You are free to do whatever you like. You need only face the consequences.
- What do you know…for sure…anyway?
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