Buddha, happiness, tradition, work, Aldous Huxley, Moksha, William Blake, and nature as novelty

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Mr. 'I always get what I want', vs. Mr. 'You guys take yourselves too seriously'

Irrelevant question to the Buddha: Did you see that hockey game last night?

Happiness is often confused with tradition.

In times past, work was done because of need. Now work creates need. ie the need for a car, a house, a vacation from work.

Aldous Huxley, in Moksha, points out that a deficiency in vitamins (from fasting) may result in the perception of alternate realities. Therefore the four food groups keep you happy, healthy, and stupid.

There is infinite possibility, just as William Blake claimed: "If the doors of perception were cleansed, the world would be seen as it is, infinite."

Whitehead states that nature is constantly advancing into novelty. Nature is made up of events which, as one-time occurrences, are unique (Norman Kemp Smith). Thus life is an emergent property.

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