I think I may have Dunning-Kruger anxiety syndrome.
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Replying to @_awbery_
I know a lot of Vajrayana practitioners with this symptom. The culture of collectively coerced humility is highly infectious
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This is probably a ‘shadow’ aspect in my worldview. I can detect a subtle dissonance in my system, one I’m still chewing on. I don’t think I understand the issue of what actual humility is versus all the weird ‘humble’ signalling, esp. wrt: pragmatic communication vs social ease
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Replying to @misen__
> but I guess in a non-political/non-state context I tend to think people should be left to do their own thing. It’s relatively harmless. Not that you were saying otherwise. I am pondering out loud.
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Replying to @_awbery_
I appreciate your ponderances. Yes, being honest and courteous seems much more natural. I suppose part of my own discomfort around this issue is that my natural mode of speech is overly formal, idiosyncratic, generally open and often emphatic. Has been since I was young. >
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> Now, that - reportedly - can come off as a bit weird and/or arrogant, in several contexts. I don't spend a lot of time around dharma people but I can find it quite uncomfortable not being able to talk openly. People are too busy pretending they don't know anything. >
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> luckily, my mentor & teacher seem more interested in an open, honest exchange about practice. I've taken your point about D-K anxiety in a wonky direction. Yesterday I said to a friend that I don't understand why even great yogis say they have no experience (≠ non-bragging) >
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@Foone on the brain and senses got me thinking about yogis and the self and our physically modified perceptionshttps://twitter.com/Foone/status/1014267515696922624 …gregorylent added,
foone @FooneYou want to know something about how bullshit insane our brains are? OK, so there's a physical problem with our eyes: We move them in short fast bursts called "saccades", right? very quick, synchronized movements. The only problem is: they go all blurry and useless during thisShow this thread1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
Interesting thread, thanks!
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