Flashcards : Embracing the Present in a Transient World — 20 cartes

How we experience or interpret time's flow.

Belief that events are predetermined, limiting human agency.

Expecting negative outcomes due to life's impermanence.

Time exists independently of perception, as an external reality.

Only the present moment truly exists.

Clinging to pleasurable memories to prolong happiness.

Worry about passing time, mortality, and fleeting pleasure.

Acceptance of life's transience and focusing on now.

Seeking to prolong or eternalize pleasure, often futile.

Time's flow influences suffering, mortality, and existential distress.

Attempting to fix love or happiness in time.

Love's transient nature makes it fragile and prone to suffering.

Fatalism emphasizes inevitability regardless of effort.

It neglects the past and future, focusing only on now.

It often leads to disappointment due to life's impermanence.

Creates stress, preventing full engagement with the present.

It shapes human desires, happiness, and suffering.

Its dependence on fleeting moments makes it vulnerable.

Efforts to prolong pleasure often lead to disappointment.

Key for genuine well-being amid life's transience.