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Human, student, non-Buddhist Buddhist, intellectual masochist. Confident only of my own ignorance. Don't believe anything I say.

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    Failed Buddhist‏ @Failed_Buddhist Mar 30

    Stories that seem comforting on the surface can lead to suffering for ourselves and others. Stories that make us uncomfortable lead to suffering for ourselves and others. No stories, no suffering. Stop narrating and enjoy the show.

    7:45 AM - 30 Mar 2018
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    • Ayelet R. Me from Before Lᴀʀɢʜᴀʟʜʀᴀʙʀʟᴀʀʀ (((hereandnowness)))
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      2. Sindre‏ @Triquetrea Mar 30
        Replying to @Failed_Buddhist

        *commences snarky reply* Fuck, @chagmed got here first.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      3. Failed Buddhist‏ @Failed_Buddhist Mar 30
        Replying to @Triquetrea @chagmed

        Please, go for it. Let's make this a roast thread.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. Sindre‏ @Triquetrea Mar 30
        Replying to @Failed_Buddhist @chagmed

        I could, but it wouldn't be worth my time.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      5. Failed Buddhist‏ @Failed_Buddhist Mar 30
        Replying to @Triquetrea @chagmed

        Oh snap! Well done.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      6. Sindre‏ @Triquetrea Mar 30
        Replying to @Failed_Buddhist @chagmed

        That's sneaky, that is. I can't tell if you're being sarcastic. (I didn't consider it a very clever jibe, though it did make me laugh as I was typing it.)

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      7. Failed Buddhist‏ @Failed_Buddhist Mar 30
        Replying to @Triquetrea @chagmed

        The last remaining iota of my self-esteem centered around the belief that I matter enough for you to bother mocking me. Now you've destroyed even that, leaving me with absolutely no egoic ground to stand on. You literally just caused me to get enlightened.

        1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
      8. Sindre‏ @Triquetrea Mar 30
        Replying to @Failed_Buddhist @chagmed

        I had a friend like you, once. No matter what insults you threw at him, he'd find a way to self-deprecate his way out of them. I hated him.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      9. Failed Buddhist‏ @Failed_Buddhist Mar 30
        Replying to @Triquetrea @chagmed

        Hopefully, one day, when you say this same thing again to someone else, I'll be the friend that you'll refer to. It would be my honor to live on in your mind as a bad memory that elicits a feeling of hatred every time you're reminded of it.

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      2. Sindre‏ @Triquetrea Mar 30
        Replying to @Failed_Buddhist

        (Taking a break from taking the piss.) Stories gon' tell. I think the main thing is just to pay attention. Stories come and go, and they're not very special. Much like you, they're not worth the effort of putting them down. (It was a short break.)

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      3. Failed Buddhist‏ @Failed_Buddhist Mar 30
        Replying to @Triquetrea

        Yes, the key is to drop the identification with stories, which happens when one pays attention. Then it's no longer "me" narrating. It's more just the primate brain throwing a bunch of gibberish into consciousness, and I can take it or leave it. Kinda like your replies.

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      4. Sindre‏ @Triquetrea Mar 31
        Replying to @Failed_Buddhist

        Maybe I'm revealing my lack of initiation, but I feel these instructions only work when tied to practice. For instance, you say "when one pays attention." I can temporarily drop identification, but that came out of maintaining this equipoise *while meditating*.

        2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      5. Failed Buddhist‏ @Failed_Buddhist Mar 31
        Replying to @Triquetrea

        Oh I agree! If you want to get good at paying attention, you have to practice paying attention. That's meditation. The difference between attachment and non-attachment is largely a matter of how you're using your attention. Controlling your attention is a learn-able skill.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      6. Sindre‏ @Triquetrea Mar 31
        Replying to @Failed_Buddhist

        My point was more specific: the instructions can contradict themselves if they're taken in aggregate. They are situational. When people don't do the work, they get confused about this and attack others instead of, you know, actually learning anything from the instructions.

        2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      7. Failed Buddhist‏ @Failed_Buddhist Mar 31
        Replying to @Triquetrea

        Failed Buddhist Retweeted Failed Buddhist

        Yeah, no disagreement there. As I said to @chagmed, this wasn't intended to literally be a practical instruction. It was pretty much virtue signaling and preaching to the converted.https://twitter.com/Failed_Buddhist/status/979749190099185664 …

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        Failed Buddhist @Failed_Buddhist
        Follow-up: "Stop narrating" is not practical instruction. Meditation can help you stop narrating, or at least lower the volume significantly. Want experiential evidence of how your stories cause suffering, and how to stop being a slave to them? You have to sit and do the work. https://twitter.com/Failed_Buddhist/status/979731454799351809 …
        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      8. Failed Buddhist‏ @Failed_Buddhist Mar 31
        Replying to @Failed_Buddhist @Triquetrea @chagmed

        I was gonna remove the tweet because it's pretty much serves no function, but I do think that it sparked an informative conversation as to why these kinds of sound-bytes aren't useful. (Along with some entertaining banter.)

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      9. End of conversation
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      2. Chāgmé‏ @chagmed Mar 30
        Replying to @Failed_Buddhist

        Just snap my fingers and stop inventing narratives. Thanks.

        1 reply 1 retweet 3 likes
      3. Failed Buddhist‏ @Failed_Buddhist Mar 30
        Replying to @chagmed

        Yeah, this very much sounds like something from a Buddhist proverb generator. It wasn't meant as a teaching or instruction; I'm not a teacher. Just virtue signaling and singing to the choir.

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      4. Chāgmé‏ @chagmed Mar 30
        Replying to @Failed_Buddhist

        sorry, carry on

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      5. Failed Buddhist‏ @Failed_Buddhist Mar 30
        Replying to @chagmed

        Thanks for pointing it out, though. It's good to be informed when you're playing dharma obscurantism without realizing it, which is exactly what I was doing.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      6. Chāgmé‏ @chagmed Mar 30
        Replying to @Failed_Buddhist

        If you're enjoying yourself and getting enough Vitamin C, keep doing what you're doing

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      7. End of conversation

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