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 …
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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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"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?" Basically, yes, some schools do.
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More cool than cold, more equanimous than indifferent, more unattached than detached. Subtle but essential distinctions.
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Well, all this is in the beholder's eye. Some people will find the results of practice in some styles to actually feel cold. And unattached. I am not going to say they are wrong to sense that.
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Those may be their experiences, but the goal is not to produce a state akin to deep depression or any other form of dukkha. That much is misleading.
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