one of my least nice opinions is that i think questions like "what the hell is wrong with me???" are serious questions that deserve serious investigation, and that it's not actually a kindness to paper over them with platitudes like "i'm okay exactly as i am"
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"what the hell is wrong with me AND how is that actually ok??? + how can it change to feel better"
idk man we're here & already loveable exactly as we are, there's nowhere to get to, and also we'll keep existing in our bodies for many suns & moons yet. may as well make it fun 🌿
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yeah, this is kinda how I dealt w this one
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There’s nothing you need to “fix” about yourself,
𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙡𝙪𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 your drive to grow and develop and strive twitter.com/the_wilderless…
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I wonder, too, if this could feel clearer in some language other than english?
learning more abt indigenous languages is tripping me out, they've loads of emotional nuance... i.e. in some you can't say "I am angry" but rather only "anger is upon me" as temporarily as weather
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I don’t know about languages qua language, but cultural history might be interesting there,
Rob Burbea notes a few times that in the Pali Canon for example, no one seems to ask buddha questions about things like the “inner critic”,
That seems to have crept in post-axial age 🤷🏼♂️
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will never not link to this constantly
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> the Dalai Lama tilted his head, his eyes narrowed in confusion. “Self-hatred?” he repeated in English. “What is that?” twitter.com/QiaochuYuan/st…
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relevant to our recent discussion
right yes, this one has bothered me for some time
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