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However, it is also wrong. Deep down everyone knows that the story only ends when you die. An attempt to end it prematurely can't actually be THE end because the ONLY way to "end" is to die.
However, some endings ARE endings. E.g. couples will fight even after their honeymoon but you can declare a "happily ever after" if you see them effortlessly resolve conflicts that would tear your own relationships apart. They have "something" you DON'T.
This "ending before the ending" is a kind of "dying before you die." It is the ending and thus destruction of an Important Story. If you entire life is about finding the One who will fulfill you. Actually finding the One is like DYING. (no wonder you self-sabotage!)
Since the "Happily Ever After" doesn't exist, is "Enlightenment" similarly just like a red dot? An illusion meant to illustrate the ephemerality and meaninglessness of goals?https://twitter.com/a_yawning_cat/status/1347769872147644417 …
Perhaps... the word is loaded with the same potential for misinterpretation as the three letters G O D so there is little point in discussing it since there's no way to define it given it's historical usage especially when used in contexts where there are *multiple* levels of it.
HOWEVER. There is a key element of Story that is an interesting takeaway. Viscerally feeling it has unexpected cascading effects across one's entire life. This is to *feel* Self as Story.
Just like it takes potentially hours of practice before you GET juggling, tennis, piano, coding, writing, etc... it takes non-zero effort to actually "grok" this sensation. Note that after grokking it, the ceiling is also unlimited. The room for mastery is infinite.
The only difference is that after grokking something the activity feels more joyful. No longer are you just going through the motions and just following the steps, you now have a SENSE of what fits and what doesn't. What's too advanced and what's too basic.
Similar metaphors include "Finding your inner child" or "You were the one you've been looking for all along." or "The polar bear has given you the Golden Compass!"
The rationalist stance may actually be an impediment to this grokking. Indeed, extreme rationalism can feel stilted. A Hyper Rationalist isn't exactly known for being good at dancing, art, music, or sex. Anything that require flow and feeling for what's "right" in the moment.
This is because the rationalist stance habitually places the self outside the story as an external observer. (Vice versa, marginalized individuals like shy nerds tend to have an advantage when adopting the rationalist stance)
While this seems to keep the surface area of the ego small due to a refusal to take a non-neutral perspective by entering a story, it's actually quite large. It's the story of Never Being Part of the Story.
This story vaccinates against the signal "You are a story!" and so often finds itself stuck within the confines of logical determinism. Within the fully rationalist ego, thinking about things is just as good as actually doing things.
No one is actually fully rationalist however. One of the main "abstraction leaks" is with their relationships with women. (The rationalist trap is predominantly a masculine trap)
"Never Being Part of the Story" is a very useful stance to feel superior to all the other stories EXCEPT for this ONE thing. Pick-up artist culture is a logical extension and often can work for a while until it breaks down.
This is because there are 2 main energies in relationships. They are: "I want you to be part of my story." "I want to be part of your story." If the mechanism of story isn't understood, the vibe will ALWAYS be off or buried under layers of fakeness & performance.
Notice how similar "Self as Story" and "Never Part of the Story" are. They are both nihilistic. But there's a BIG difference.
"Self as Story" is a fundamentally non-serious stance that allows greater resolution, color, and depth in the story told because it can be held more lightly. It turns a historical non-fiction into fantasy.https://twitter.com/a_yawning_cat/status/1349421580552523776 …
"Never Part of Story" is a fundamentally serious stance that strips away all potential for noise, human bias, or external influence. There's a competitive desire for "perfection" here as well.https://twitter.com/a_yawning_cat/status/1335917603722674176?s=20 …
So while these two stances SEEM close, they are actually very far apart. Their closeness is similar to how the far left and the far right can resemble each other. (This "Near Enemy" effect is incredibly prevalent in spiritual discourse.)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horseshoe_theory …
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