Heidegger has a name for the first half of this. When you live in a house, you don’t really perceive it. The moment you clean it, it stops being something you inhabit and becomes an object you're inspecting, with infinite properties that were ignored before. That's the shift from Zuhandenheit (ready-to-hand) to Vorhandenheit (present-at-hand). The dirt did not increase but you notice more of it. Suffering (dukkha) arises from the desire and craving to resist this experience of the infinite regress of noticing more opening up and the terror of groundlessness (Heidegger’s Abgrund or Buddhist sunyata, emptiness of inherent existenxe and essence) You have to pull back and remember the Worumwillen, the for-the-sake-of-which, of the action undertaken: the resoluteness of Entschlossenheit.

before enlightenment, chop wood carry water. after enlightenment, chop wood carry water.

"Why wipe your ass when it'll only get shitty again?"

Daoism solved this already. When the world is without the Way, they cultivate their power through leisure. Like birds, they rest a moment and feed like little ones, then disappear without any trace. When they tire of even this, they fly to Heaven on clouds yoked by holy dragons.

Or is the words of Laozi: Thinking knowing is knowing, is not-knowing. Thinking not-knowing is knowing is a disease. (originally a pun, knowing=disease).

The bitter pill of philosophy.....grinding for rent is as good as life gets As you get older, watch your peers who lose the need to grind for rent.....you'll see them sink into depression

OTOH: -houses actually get dirty -more money gives you more resources -people really get sick -working out makes you more physically capable These things are a matter of perspective: you can focus on the fact the house is cleaner than before vs the new spots

When you realize that this is entirely true and still a whitepill, you will be free.

So what you're saying is I should just play more video games?

The only way to keep the house clean without much effort is to not do much in it. Don’t move, eat, sleep, shit, shower too much.

This is the best X post I saw today because of the philosophy

Is there not supposed to be more to do?

Entropy is inevitable but don’t be a pussy about it

Don’t I know it. 😐

your argument against effort is flawed, "The struggle itself toward the heights is enough to fill a man's heart".

Idk but zen monks spend a lot of time cleaning.

Only losers think like that

"Today's exchange may have served a little to right your course"

One must imagine syphilis, horny.

I want to suck on some titties. What will i want after that?