u/AmountFun5697

Overtaken by grief.

Im 19. Ever since i was very young i recognized the outline of suffering, at least in a very vague sense. I tried to avoid it and live my life but i knew i was just running. Recently i dove in head first. Buddhism, shopenhaeur, a lot of existentialism, a lot of different theology. I see the pattern in them all. Comfort against a horrifying absurd and uncaring existence. A system of control to give yourself too when you no longer want to even think. Because who wants to realize this. Its just so crushing. Its so close to pessimism. I wish i was never born into this world so badly. Seeing my mother age makes me wanna vomit. I could cry and cry until the end of time. I want to believe I can find peace but god i just can't imagine this boundless hurt ending. Even if its end is true and nirvana is real its a horrifying idea still. Its just death. Returning to the void i was in for all of time before this. I just hate reality. Things cant last forever. That would be maddening. But being temporary is also so painful. I can see this is basically just my ego lashing out but. Just. Its so much. I can almost feel the pain of the entire world. Every person abandoned. every person living a meaningless lie. every person dying and being murdered and maimed and eaten and shit out. Every animal in nature and every animal in my fucking stomach. I just hope so badly i can find this peace with death and life that i hear so much about. Its just a joke. Being woken up from oblivion, forced into an ego covered in meat and blood and bile. And now i have to let it go, let it all become a distant distant memory. Everything i love will wither. I don't even really exist in a real sense. I just hope one day this ends. For everyone. A perfect silence at the end of time. Im sorry this is an insane rant but im tired of crying in my mothers arms when i know she can feel my pain just as much as her own. The only reason shes even alive is because i came along. Its like i dragged her through this world of red hot nails and emptiness for even longer. Shes so full of pain. So many chronic issues and damage to her body and mind. Its just terrible isn't it. This horrifying never ending dream of eating and rotting. Even with this obvious truth of suffering that should be evident to everyone we still allow our world to be run by the most evil demonic people possible. Hundreds of thousands every month dead for fucking what. Land? Money and power? We obviously could support all life here easily but we Waste and we Waste and we grow like a cancer that doesn't even consume it just overtakes and discards the excess matter of its victim. I'm probably gonna end up a monk eventually. It's really the only path i see. I can't keep shutting my eyes. I've been running for about 8 years probably. And only recently do i understand what Deep Shit I'm really in. It's just so god damn sad.

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u/AmountFun5697 — 24 hours ago
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Hibiki-an shincha traditional thoughts

I just got this tea in. Had a session and liked it quite a bit. I was wondering what other peoples thoughts were in this tea because this is only my second green tea ever. It certainly seems more intentional and balanced than the chinese green i had.

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u/AmountFun5697 — 9 days ago
▲ 5 r/tea

this is my first fresh spring green tea, so i dont really have much to compare it to but i will try. Im brewing it at 85c in a glass cup with about 4g for 250-300ish g water. For about 2-4 minutes.
the smell of the dry leaf is very interesting and hard to describe. Part of it reminds of standing near the ocean if that makes sense. slightly nutty, fresh, you can almost smell the rich umami (i dont know if thats a thing). As the name dictates this is an organic tea so it has a few slightly ugly leaves but its really like 1 every few cups. Leaves are also very pristine and not broken. Now finally, the taste! A mellow, yet rich pale brew with the general taste of chestnuts, and a slightly astringent-umami body. Theres a bit of a background orchid (sorta wintergreen even) flavor that really ties everything together. One of those teas that cant be done justice by simple description. 8/10 for me personally. I'd imagine theres better longjing out there, but you will not find me searching for it after this tea.

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u/AmountFun5697 — 17 days ago