A narrative can be running, subconsciously, that a loved one should not be dying [let's bracket off covid for a sec; quick, pretend its 2019 for the sake of this one point] and there's this psychic energy that has to be recruited into that fight against how things are
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Paradoxically, when we can make some kind of peace-accord with Impermanence, that can allow us to re-allocate inner (even subconscious) resources, which opens up more opportunities to show up for others in ways like what
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Yes, accepting impermanence sounds like something totally different than freedom from suffering. The wisest people I know are still people. They get tired, hungry, frustrated, impatient. They have kids they care deeply about.
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Totally. This, so much
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OK, so a word about "freedom from suffering". That's one word chosen to translate dukkha into English, and it's actually pretty good. But there are other ways to do it...
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First, though, let me be perfectly clear that I'm not intending to sway anybody into Buddhist views. Just want to offer another way of working with liberation/freedom & dukkhahttps://twitter.com/Timber_22/status/1242898018954702848?s=20 …
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Crooked Timbre @Timber_22Replying to @Timber_22 @questionaware @crystalteardro2All of my efforts here, to be clear, are not about recruiting or converting anybody. I could give two shits whether anybody becomes a Buddhist. But I am really interested in the quality of someone's practice experience, and how that unfolds and develops over time.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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My friend said it first: There's a basic sense in which our mis-taking / mis-prising of impermanence is one of the sources of the experience of dukkhahttps://twitter.com/NoaidiX/status/1245450412259307520?s=20 …
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So freedom from suffering isn't what I would *ever* want to pretend to achieve. I might try to language it as "freedom within pain; and rememberance & effort for others" as what I'm trynna do here
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Semantics. These are one and the same, in my experience. Two arrows. One bow.
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To me the difference is very clear, and it’s thishttps://twitter.com/made_in_cosmos/status/1245449879494840328?s=21 …
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Made in Cosmos 💫 Maria Górska-Piszek @made_in_cosmosReplying to @NoaidiX @Timber_22 @PeterBorahIf my kid was dying and you said liberation would save me from pain, I wouldn’t want the tiniest piece of what you’re selling. I want to dig deep down to the very bottom of my suffering, surrender to it, and see if there’s any peace in the middle of that.1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
One can surrender to the depths of suffering and find peace in the midst of its sweltering waves without taking any of it personally—even-minded, balanced in body, equanimous at heart. At least my experience has shown so. 
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