if you meet the buddha on the road ask him how his son feels about being named “unwanted” and then abandoned
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now i’m imagining a wicked-style retelling of the events of the buddha’s life from his son’s pov called “unwanted”
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men will literally sneak out of their palaces to wander the lands seeking true insight into suffering instead of being a father to their children
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imagine seeing these perfect little feet and thinking "this little guy's really gonna get in the way of my quest for enlightenment huh"
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I was wondering earlier today what kind of spiritual practice might have been invented (for example) by mothers of small children.
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nearly everything I’ve read on meditation, spirituality, personal transformation, etc, was written by childless men
I can’t believe how little of it is still relevant now that I’ve become a mother twitter.com/made_in_cosmos…
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Always maintained it , Gautama was a junkie who just shed the responsibility of running a kingdom and being there for his family .
In fact practice meditation long enough and you lose the interest in pursuing daily living through duty towards family and society