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I think I may have Dunning-Kruger anxiety syndrome.

Jul 4, 2018

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I know a lot of Vajrayana practitioners with this symptom. The culture of collectively coerced humility is highly infectious 🙃

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Huh. You hit a nerve. Big reason why I have a problem with Vajrayana & Mahayana in particular. "Collectively coerced humility" is a cultural feature in Norway (see: Janteloven). It's highly corrosive in many ways, and I never had a churchy reason to aggrandize it.

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It's one thing if it's someone's personal affectation, mind, but many practitioners hold it more as universal law. This prompts abusive behaviour.

10:40 AM · Jul 4, 2018Twitter Web App

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It seems to be a prerequisite for abusive behaviour in cultish situations - but the catalysts for that kind of bad behaviour are multiple. “Collective coercion” is a problem. Healthy humility would not allow abuse because it doesn’t lack strength and confidence.

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Bingo. The problem is not humility. It's an excessive attachment to the behavioral trappings of humility (that are not always genuine expressions thereof!)