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It has freed me up from a rigid conception/sense of self and 'top down control' which was causing a lot of suffering. I have an article coming out soon in the which talks about this and the mechanics of how
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What is your bone with anatman being empowering? I've found it to be tremendously empowering.
Words, words, words, and all that, but I'm a bit curious.
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Not really. And agency is entirely local. Your body has more agencies than you can ever keep track of.
My back? Wants a stretch. Cardiovascular system? Wants some exercise. Prefrontal personality structure? Wants problems, context, meaning. Genitals? Some fuk.
It's all nested.
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The idea that a particular you needs to be "empowered" is itself disempowering, a form of learned helplessness.
Empowerment is autonomy and self-determination. The fewer elements of this body are slaved to an imaginary self, the more autonomous they are.
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If I suspend all thought and sink into the floor, float into the room, grow into the air, I find a whole host of repetitive behaviors stop.
Instead, I do all kinds of random things. Get up and prance, sing or so on. Each act triggers a release somewhere. Feels good, so I relax.