Sisyphus suffers because he is compelled to perform actions without meaning. Perhaps he wishes he was being paid so some day he could retire. Maybe he’d rather be rolling a collection of stones up the hill to build a house or monument. Maybe he could find meaning in the positive effect of physical exercise on his body. But no, it’s one stone repeatedly and laboriously wrangled up the hill then rolling back down, for no reason at all.boda wrote: ↑Mon Jan 08, 2018 1:10 am You guys are familiar with the Sisyphus myth, yes? The dude who's condemned to rolling a rock up a hill for all eternity. Can you imagine a more pointless activity? Who in that circumstance would not wish for a more fulfilling occupation?
What Sisyphus desires, and what I would argue we all desire, is what I'm talking about
Buddha says his suffering arises not from the lack of meaning, but from the delusion that the experience ought to have meaning or be real. There is only the experience. Overlaying meaning or solidity or permanence on the experience necessarily generates suffering. Removing those delusions results in harmony. And the reason for practicing buddhadharma is that all beings instinctively recoil from suffering and prefer a state of harmony. Buddhadharma is the opposite of imposing meanings then chasing them.