I've been thinking about emotional "power sources" for behavior. Lots of it is powered by fear these days, which has predictable unfortunate effects. Last year I did a lot of stuff powered by hope, which I eventually learned isn't that great either. That shook me, to learn.
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Jōshin from the Monastic Academy talks a lot about "giving up completely" and that feels like the move I need to make, but I don't know how really. Reminds me of
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"The point of viewing all reality as a charnel ground is to annihilate existential hope": https://vividness.live/2012/08/22/charnel-ground/ …pic.twitter.com/FOHkijaulW
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Also this poem, which I wrote in a fit of rightness and could probably benefit from chanting: https://thicketforte.com/2019/01/11/good-news/ …pic.twitter.com/jnnCNTTypZ
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I would have gotten almost nothing out of it 2 years ago, and even now I understand, like, way less than half of it. But what I think I understand really resonates and I haven’t really seen elsewhere. Might be good to read along with
@divided_brain.
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