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.
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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*.
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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.
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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.
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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 … -
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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I don't understand the relevance of this gif, but goddamn it's mesmerizing.
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It's coffee getting roasted.
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Looks delicious. Speaking of coffee, it just dawned on me that I haven't had one today, and within seconds it felt as if my brain spontaneously entered the fetal position. Was it unaware that my adenosine was running wild until now? Do I have to do all the work around here?
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