Apes don’t quote philosophy.
Yes they do, Otto; they just don’t understand it.
Always have to have the lights on, do ya? Well the light is a false construct as well, so HA! And once again, HA!
Machinaforce, you should tell the many millions of people who surf porn, and/or contribute vast income to the porn/sex industry, that their libido is an illusion.
Maybe this sort of outlook is useful if you’re a second son living out in certain Asian countries where a good portion of the fetuses that are revealed to be female by way of sonogram are aborted in hopes for male children, and your hopes of a wife are slim to none.
But if you aren’t in that situation, what’s the point?
I can relate to this, because I had similar experiences when I was practising meditation. But you need to think about compassion. Where does that fit in? Buddhism doesn’t exist without compassion, so you need to factor that in somewhere. It’s not just about the mental gymnastics. Focus on compassion (metta, loving kindness) will help you to gain a broader perspective.
Fiction doesn’t really do anything for me anymore, not since my exposure to Buddhism.
Compassion doesn’t do a lick to replace everything that I lost due to Buddhism,so much so that I can honestly say I would be better off forgetting all of it.
Plus when I look at Buddhism compassion doesn’t fit with the rest of the teachings, it just feels horned in there. In fact I would wager that if they didn’t put that in then no one would follow it. It just doesn’t fit within the whole of Buddhism. IT would explain why some say that Buddhism gets close to truth but compassion holds it back.
But this isn’t about controlling sexual impulses but the idea that sexuality is false because it’s rooted in the false construct of a self. I mean it hurts to think that I’ve been lying to myself this whole time.
If Buddhism lead one to truth, then China would have been an idealic, peaceful land free of crime, everyone would be living in a state of bliss, and the teachings would have spread across the planet and been taken up by everyone.
It appeals to you. That’s not truth. Believing that something which appeals to you is truth is narcissism.
As said, if Buddhism were true, you would be able to see it affect the world in a positive way. To my knowledge, China was just as full of murder, rape, and tyranny as everywhere else on the planet. Your feeling on the matter be as it may, you can just look at history and it tells you that you’re not correct.
Much of Buddhism is fiction.
Maybe he can be an apostle to the incels. They might feel better if convinced that libido is an illusion.
isnt much if not all of any religion fiction?
You’re going down that rabbit hole again.
Machina, buddy, seriously you need to find something else to do with your time. This is no-wheres-ville.
You depress me, man. And I’m usually a happy, silly person.
Go get you one of those adult coloring books and some colored pencils. You’d be happier, and more productive.
Buddhism requires that one has to give up a lot for it, which makes your statement flawed. The reality is that many don’t want to let go of the things that it asks you to.
Why should I? It’s just Buddhism.
There’s really no going back, although to be honest I wish I could do so. But I can’t. The usual methods of getting happy don’t work because of Buddhism.
From the article:
Because otherwise you are living in illusion and not reality, and apparently from what I’m told there is a good amount of psychology to back Buddhism, including there not being a self.
I just checked. I am a ‘self’
Right now my ‘self’ is sporting a headache.
I haz a headache, therefore I haz a head 
Not infrequently in Thailand and other Buddhist countries, I would run into farangs (Westerners) who were intent on teaching the local Buddhists about Buddhism. These farangs were not generally viewed in a favorable light by the locals. Threads like this make me think of that.
Then fuck Buddhism.