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i don't know what to make of the many sufferings of others

it's easy to believe that everything is one's own fault, that if one were simply maximally self-sacrificing that one could not be troubled by those cries, because one would have done every last thing they could

‪but one would lose sight of oneself actually doing that, and still there is no amount of self-sacrifice that will actually eliminate suffering, it can be found at every turn, in every place, in all directions; one would have to self-sacrifice a billion times over, and yet more‬

@hikari yeah

@hikari moreover, "don't make an offer you would resent someone for giving you"

@whitequark i've done this once and feel very bad about it, though i've no idea if i'm imagining the same thing