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Yes, Buckaroo Banzai. I use it a lot. I even made a sign that hung in my former laundry room. It reminds me to not stress and just deal with stuff where you are - physically an emotionally.

 

 

edited to correct spelling *hate typing on a phone*

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I've heard it, but I must be too much of an Aspie-type thinker to like it. It seems incredibly obvious to be anything worth repeating. I've wondered how it became a loved saying by anyone.

It’s not incredibly obvious to individuals engaging in “escapism†and avoidance behaviors.

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I've heard it, but I must be too much of an Aspie-type thinker to like it.  It seems incredibly obvious to be anything worth repeating.  I've wondered how it became a loved saying by anyone.

in the context of mindfulness meditation (viz Kabat-Zinn) it reminds us to be in the now, to be fully in the moment. 

 

Much of mindfulness meditation and many principles of Zen Buddhism frankly seem obvious and simple. But oh, how difficult the application is....

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I’ve heard it once or twice, but it isn’t common. And I’m not 100% sure of the meaning. I’ve always understood it to mean you can make a place for yourself and a home anywhere, but I actually have no clue what the people saying it are implying :o

No, it means what Patty Joanna said a couple of posts upthread. We create most of our own problems/misery and even running away to paradise won't fix it because you'll likely make all the same mistakes - in order to solve your problems you need to deal with them, not run away.

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Again, how do you get that from the saying? I can’t even see the connection. Is there some sort of broader explained derivative material that expounds on this or are we just supposed to magically intuit the meaning from the words?

 

That’s really, really dumb. No offense, anyone who likes it, but no.

Watch the Buckaroo Banzai clip upthread.

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Again, how do you get that from the saying? I can’t even see the connection. Is there some sort of broader explained derivative material that expounds on this or are we just supposed to magically intuit the meaning from the words?

 

That’s really, really dumb. No offense, anyone who likes it, but no.

Watch the Buckaroo Banzai clip upthread.

 

ETA : okay, that clip wasn't long enough for context. But I don't find the meaning that hard to intuit. It's also what 'you can't run away from yourself' means. Pepole try to do it all.the.time... so it probably does need saying.

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Again, how do you get that from the saying? I can’t even see the connection. Is there some sort of broader explained derivative material that expounds on this or are we just supposed to magically intuit the meaning from the words? How is it escapist or non-escapist to note that you are wherever you go?

 

That’s really, really dumb. No offense, anyone who likes it, but no.

I think it is pretty straightforward. Regardless of what you change in your life YOU are still there.

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It’s not magical, and it’s ok if you don’t get it. :0)

 

But for the sake of clarity, I will try to expand on the thought.

 

“I hate living here. The traffic is terrible and I get angry anytime I have to get in the road!!! We have to move to a place where there is no traffic!!!!â€

 

So they move.

 

“I hate this! There is no pear-fed goose-liver pâté in this two bit town!!! I am so angry!â€

 

The problem is neither the traffic nor the edibles: The problem is the anger in the person—and wherever that person goes , there will be something to anger him/her. Everywhere he goes, there he is.

 

The problem goes with the person

 

 

That’s the spell-out, not to be patronizing but to be clear.

 

There is a famous quote by Solzhenitsyn about how the line between good and evil runs through every human heart. That’s kind of the backdrop of the OP quote.

 

 

Okay, this makes more sense now along the lines of "you are still you and you take your issues with you."

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So is it about escapism, contentment, good and evil, humor, pop culture, or something else I’m still missing? The explanations you ladies are giving me don’t line up and now I’m more confused than ever. I give up.

It just means that no matter where you go, you will still be YOU — where you are doesn't change who you are, so if you are unhappy or jealous or mean or whatever, then you will still be that way no matter where you go. You need to change what's inside you, and running away won't fix that.

 

You could also read it in a positive way, although that's not how it's generally used: even if you're stuck living somewhere you don't like, or working a job you don't like, or going to your last choice college, or whatever, you are still you and you're not defined by your environment.

 

No matter where you go, there you are.

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