What parts of your identity did you need to let go of in the last few weeks?https://twitter.com/cognazor/status/1245343495512035333 …
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Replying to @made_in_cosmos
Hmm, something about being a dispassionate observer, I think? Turns out I care a lot about this moment, and feel eager to jump into conversations and let my emotions be part of who I am.
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Made in Cosmos 💫 Maria Górska-Piszek Retweeted David Chapman
Yeah. This kind of cold indifferent detachment is kinda the opposite of what I’m working towards. I have no idea about Buddhism but it seems some schools actually have this as their goal? Why would anyone on Earth want that?https://twitter.com/meaningness/status/1242553323435118592?s=21 …
Made in Cosmos 💫 Maria Górska-Piszek added,
David Chapman @MeaningnessReplying to @reasonisfun @univ_explainerI’ve been ranting about this for years. The goal of mainstream Buddhism (“Sutrayana”) is not easily distinguishable from deep depression. The methods were designed to induce that state. This is not what most contemporary people want. I think this has been something of a disaster2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
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B/c original Buddhism was formulated to solve a problem inherent to pan-Indic (c ~500 BCE) understanding of Life, The Universe & Everything.
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Siddhatta used yogic methods to develop a psychotechnology that if applied rigorously, would extinguish the flame that kept the moth coming back, lifetime after lifetime.
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Extremely noteworthy that Siddhattha (if he was indeed a real human) was a wealthy noble. He lived about as good as it got back in the Iron Age. He had everything in an earthly sense that people knew enough to want back then. He eventually arrived at wanting off the carousel
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Also super-duper noteworthy that Siddhattha was perhaps the first person in written history to be trauma-free as a child/adolescent, and then get MASSIVELY traumatized at twenty-nine.
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Three of the Four Sights must have rattled Siddhattha's cage super, super hard
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The state of saṃvega or existential shock is too often conflated with maladaptive mood and catatonia. The fourth sight invokes pasāda, a serene confidence that enables the wayfaring necessary for liberation.
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i don't disagree about this
but I will always champion those who look for non-renunciative means to find liberation.
Such championing doesn't diminish or occlude my appreciation and respect for those who follow more renunciative styles.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Likewise. Liberation is the goal, regardless of which path, renunciative and non-renunciative alike. To compound suffering with further suffering is the goal of neither.
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