Amen! I’ve long argued to anyone who would bother to listen that the separation of natural and “man-made”/synthetic is a delusion. I even came to that conclusion before I ever cracked a book on Buddhism.

*waiting for my cookie and gold star*

No pats on my back? Why not? BECAUSE IT’S SO FREAKING OBVIOUS! At least it should be. Maybe we should rename our species “homo myopicus ignoramus”

I just got back upstairs from smoking and now I want to smoke again… Thanks! lol

For real though, excellent analysis and thank you for sharing!