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← The deepest source of suffering lies in the patterns of one's own mind

17 connected korrents · 13 moments from 22 Mar 1894 to 18 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under AI sentience AI sentience Everything filed under consciousness consciousness Everything filed under motivation motivation Everything filed under happiness happiness Everything filed under empathy empathy Everything filed under simplicity simplicity Everything filed under religion religion Everything filed under Psychotherapy Psychotherapy Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: The deepest source of suffering lies in the patterns of one's own mind The deepest source of suffering lies inthe patterns of one's own mind YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since c. 2018–2019 — tap for who they are Same subject: Songs come out of suffering, and a system that has endured nothing has nothing to make one from. — tap to centre the map on it Songs come out of suffering, and asystem that has endured nothing hasnothing to make one from. Last stated 4 years ago 16 Jan 2023 NC Nick Cave — holds since 2023-01-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: Once our pity is aroused, joining others in preying on life insults all that is good in us — tap to centre the map on it Once our pity is aroused, joiningothers in preying on life insultsall that is good in us Last stated 133 years ago 22 Mar 1894 RT Rabindranath Tagore — holds since 1894-03-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: What we are results from what we have thought; acting from an evil thought brings pain after it — tap to centre the map on it What we are results from what wehave thought; acting from an evilthought brings pain after it GB Gautama Buddha — holds since c. 500–401 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: Witnessing suffering, rather than solving it, may be the only way we can truly comprehend it. — tap to centre the map on it Witnessing suffering, rather thansolving it, may be the only way wecan truly comprehend it. Last stated 2 months ago 2 Sept 2026 AH Ava Huang — holds since 2026-09-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: Processing suffering fully can culminate in flourishing: aliveness, hope, clarity, agency, compassion and joy. — tap to centre the map on it Processing suffering fully canculminate in flourishing: aliveness,hope, clarity, agency, compassionand joy. Last stated 17 years ago 1 Aug 2009 DF Diana Fosha — holds since 2009-08-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: Suffering is not an interruption of a good life but the ground the good things grow out of. — tap to centre the map on it Suffering is not an interruption ofa good life but the ground the goodthings grow out of. Last stated 9 months ago 23 Jan 2026 NC Nick Cave — holds since 2026-01-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: I believe feeling is the deeper source of religion, and philosophic and theological formulas are secondary products — tap to centre the map on it I believe feeling is the deepersource of religion, and philosophicand theological formulas aresecondary products WJ William James — holds since c. 1902 — tap for who they are Same subject: Involuntary patterns reveal something true about a person, and even their deliberate actions are a form of unintentional self-expression. — tap to centre the map on it Involuntary patterns revealsomething true about a person, andeven their deliberate actions are aform of unintentionalself-expression. Last stated 2 months ago 6 Sept 2026 HN Haley Nahman — holds since 2026-09-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI sentience is a category error, and the chances of AIs being sentient are vanishingly small. — tap to centre the map on it AI sentience is a category error,and the chances of AIs beingsentient are vanishingly small. Last stated 2 months ago 31 Aug 2026 TC Tyler Cowen — holds since 2026-08-31 — tap for who they are Same subject: An AI's sympathy and a friend's are not the same act: one is a learned pattern about what to say, the other rests on having felt the thing. — tap to centre the map on it An AI's sympathy and a friend's arenot the same act: one is a learnedpattern about what to say, the otherrests on having felt the thing. Last stated 2 months ago 10 Aug 2026 FL Fei-Fei Li — holds since 2026-08-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: As we redesign life with new technologies, we should weigh the welfare of all sentient beings, not just humans — tap to centre the map on it As we redesign life with newtechnologies, we should weigh thewelfare of all sentient beings, notjust humans Last stated 11 years ago 25 Sept 2015 YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since 2015-09-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: A drop in agency is the earliest sign of burnout, arriving before you consciously notice you are burning out. — tap to centre the map on it A drop in agency is the earliestsign of burnout, arriving before youconsciously notice you are burningout. Last stated 3 years ago 10 Jan 2024 CH Cate Hall — holds since 2024-01-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: A founder who picks an idea because the market wants it will give up, because nobody can persist at something that was never important to them. — tap to centre the map on it A founder who picks an idea becausethe market wants it will give up,because nobody can persist atsomething that was never importantto them. Last stated 2 years ago 19 Jun 2024 AS Aravind Srinivas — holds since 2024-06-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: A general inclination of all humankind is a perpetual, restless desire of power after power that ends only in death — tap to centre the map on it A general inclination of allhumankind is a perpetual, restlessdesire of power after power thatends only in death TH Thomas Hobbes — holds since c. 1651 — tap for who they are Same subject: A mystical state defies expression, so its quality must be experienced directly and cannot be passed on to others — tap to centre the map on it A mystical state defies expression,so its quality must be experienceddirectly and cannot be passed on toothers WJ William James — holds since c. 1902 — tap for who they are Same subject: A person is best understood as a loose jumble of barely intelligent, looping processes producing only the illusion of coherent subjectivity. — tap to centre the map on it A person is best understood as aloose jumble of barely intelligent,looping processes producing only theillusion of coherent subjectivity. Last stated a month ago 18 Sept 2026 MW Matt Webb — holds since 2026-09-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: A sense of coherent consciousness arises from experience being compressed into a single thread rather than from the brain's full underlying activity. — tap to centre the map on it A sense of coherent consciousnessarises from experience beingcompressed into a single threadrather than from the brain's fullunderlying activity. Last stated 9 months ago 4 Feb 2026 SW Stephen Wolfram — holds since 2026-02-04 — tap for who they are
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At the centre The deepest source of suffering lies in the patterns of one's own mind Last stated c. 2018–2019 Holds Yuval Noah Harari Read this korrent →