I'm triggered by people who believe in astrology, or talking to spirits or deities or reading energies or whatever. Am I just overly sensitive or closed minded or judgmental? Maybe but... I think there's something else going on here. An analogy:
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In circling (or generally good communication), it's a good rule to 'own your experience.' If someone you're talking to says something stupid that makes you angry, recognize your reaction as "fully yours" - don't put it onto the other person as their responsibility 1/
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You can take actions like leaving the room, or communicating the anger they're sparking in you, but don't place the burden of the *reaction itself* onto them. It's not theirs, its yours. This perspective (and habit) comes out of a certain view of the world - that you 2/
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recognize yourself as fully agent-y and self-sustained; you do not bleed onto others. You don't assume you know someone else, and always allow yourself to be surprised by new information that might challenge your preconceptions - which are *also yours*. 3/
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Your frame of other people is *also yours*. The way you understand them is a reflection of you, and to forget this, to think you're accessing some fundamental, objective layer of reality in your perception of another person absolutely shuts down your ability to really see them 4/
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You can act as though you know reality, but you must hold it very lightly, and be prepared to drop what you think you know as soon as new information comes along. Be curious, be flexible, be wary of ideas that make you feel comfortably in control of your knowledge of others 5/
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People who don't own their experience, who put their emotions and frames onto you, make me feel uncomfortable. It comes out in subtle little ways, the whiff of non-ownership, and I get kinda triggered when it happen. Aand I think this is basically my deal with astrology/magic. 6/
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Replying to @Aella_Girl
I don’t understand this last point. Why would another person explaining their beliefs around astrology - mysticism - make you feel uncomfortable? This is just them, not you. I like the way you describe having a light touch on what is reality.
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There's some amount of bleed that i think I'm really sensitive to, and feels like it's happening around astrology and stuff. This doesn't always happen! When ppl hold mystical beliefs with a light touch, in a way that feels truly owned, I feel very comfortable.
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