>Stop being malicious and overly critical in your thoughts toward people>Stop trolling>Instead, start thinking of them with empathy and understanding>Help people in need (e.g., buy food for homeless dudes, help an old lady carry her groceries, give up your seat on public transport, etc.) >Be nice >Donate to charity >Don't even kill insects—if you see ants, don't step on them, just step around them; if a fly gets into your room, open the window and let it fly out >Try not to lie >Be honest>Stop watching porn, it's literal degeneration and self-degradationYou immediately feel like a better human being, it literally cleanses your mind. I have this sense of peace and chill, way less buttmad about others—no envy and just overall better well-being. I genuinely recommend this lifestyle to you guys.Whatever you pour into your mind and nurture inside literally shapes it. That famous "feeding two wolves" thing. I noticed, for example, that the less critical I am of others, the less critical I am of myself, and I don't feel like a complete piece of trash anymore just because I'm not perfect. The feeling of being constantly threatened also goes down, because my overall attitude toward people is getting way more positive.
>>545044848Helping others has never once made me feel better about myself
>>545045094What?? You arent a narcissist???Helping people makes you feel like you have done something of note, like ypu are special. If you dont feel special doing good then why even do it at all?? Like If i didnt get to feel smug for any of my good deeds I would probably never do them. The fact I get to feel better is my reward, plus they may give you gifts or money or other people might watch you and comend you.
>>545045094This. And I do it fairly regularly.
>>545044848I am nice to nice people and mean to mean people. If I am being mean to you unprompted it means I have discovered you lying or acting in bad faith or being so unforgivably stupid that you are causing reckless harm.
>>545044848>>545045606This is incorrect. Terrible advice. Most people are self-absorbed, filled with anexity, with fragile brittle egos protecting a vast well of fear, anger, despair and terror at their own insignificance. To empathize with that is to build a bridge to their despair and take it in to yourself. Don't do that. Don't open the door to the world's chaos and inequity.
>>545046014Yes. Even as someone who is interested in buddhism from a theological perspective, this OP is just offering nothing but malicious advice.
