There is no single English word that means the same thing as the Pali “mudita” — usually clumsily rendered as “sympathetic joy.” But there is a perfect single word for it in German: gönnen, which means to be happy at another’s good fortune.
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Replying to @OortCloudAtlas
Thank you for not validating “compersion”, a word that could only be invented by a tech bro who raised millions of dollars before losing their virginity.
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Replying to @selfprime @OortCloudAtlas
The progeny of the word traces back to the Kerista group, active from 1956-91, which first coined many terms used by polyamorists today. They considered Heinlein's “Stranger in a Strange Land” as compulsory reading. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerista
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Replying to @Orinz @OortCloudAtlas
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@Meaningness you might appreciate this cult community as a study in modern thinking. Some of their rules were “Total Rationality at All Times” and “Search for Truth through the Elimination of Contradictions”1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
Yes, I was in the Bay Area in the 80s and had some minor interactions with them. Interesting, smart, and well-meaning if rather badly confused about some things. Like, uh, another more recent Bay Area community that's big on rationality and polyamory :)
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