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If you believe in reincarnation, do you suppose at some point everyone gets to experience the very best life imaginable? (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Edit: Goddamnit will one of you please comprehend my question and give a relevant response.

I didn't ask whether or not you think souls are real or what you think about Buddha

This is not a creative writing prompt nor a place for you to pontificate your religious ponderings! 🙄

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[–] kromem@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Best as defined by whom?

What if the best life was someone so into Coprophilia that they get more happiness out of being surrounded by and even eating shit than anyone else in the universe has experienced happiness about anything? And then they got a job for 40 years cleaning porta potties and even when they could retire don't in order to keep it up?

Is it just maximal dopamine and serotonin? Maybe then the best life is a drug addict with a gambling addiction but a lot of luck?

Or maybe happiness is more a matter of perspective than external circumstance once past the bottom layers of Maslow's pyramid, and there's many lives that could be a best life to the right mindset.

I'm not even sure it takes living multiple lives to end up living the best life, and potentially pushing the pursuit of living one's best life off onto the next one is a damaging prospect in and of itself.

What if you spend every life waiting for the next attempt rather than maximizing the life you have?