Generally, I try my best to avoid discussing religion on this blog, but recently, an opposition politician and “Intelligent Vaxxer”, Goh Meng Seng, shared something hilarious on social media.

The idea is that this person somehow suffers because he has attained FIRE but does have a grasp of the meaning of life. Goh Meng Seng then goes on to give a lesson on the Dharma.

Generally, I would refrain from giving any credit to anyone on social media who claims to have a better idea of ​​the meaning of life. If someone’s meaning of life is, for example, constantly losing elections and getting POFMA’d, I will not judge what gives their life purpose.

Instead, I want to point out in this post the spiritual influences of my version of FIRE.

I have personally gone through many stages of spiritual evolution. When I was young, I

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