certain states are "reflective" but pretend to be "reflexive" that is, they claim to describe the present but by definition an only describe the past e.g. a hero or villain can only be determined at the end of the story. no end, no determination https://www.newventureswest.com/real-lesson-taoist-farmer-story/ …
the intent is virtuous "hey i'm trying to help you" but it's completely oblivious to the reactive necessities of the moment. e.g. this causes a lot of arguments when couples teach each other how to drive
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the "ego" as a thought construct can only think reflectively. it is always RIGHT because it is constructed at the termination of story. it DOES have the big picture overview it fundamentally mistakes "finger" for "moon" because its reality IS composed of models.
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but because it ignores how time cannot be stopped, every moment of ego thinking by necessity overlaps and destroys a moment of life this works great in a strategy game where there are moment to think. "life" CAN be paused in such situations
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however life itself cannot. the desire to always have a big picture overview actively creates a drag on the living of life. the framerate stutters and is inconsistent with the constant pauses and pseudo-terminations necessary to reinit ego
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by reducing terminations, the ego has less room. a flow state is one giant uninterrupted block of experience that feels "whole". it's like an essay vs a tweet.https://twitter.com/a_yawning_cat/status/1396362234125684742 …
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expression in words is a reflection of an already-happened state. speaking/thinking/writing necessarily create termination events. (unless it's some kind of "free association") e.g. trying to talk to someone deep in flow is annoying
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meditation is an exercise to purposely decrease terminations and prolong periods of experience (so it is ineffective when used instrumentally a means to an end. it's like if u study kungfu b/c u watched bruce lee beat ppl up u'll never accept that it is for peace only)
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that is... the point isn't to become a Really Good Meditator but to make the living of your Life your meditation so that you never have to actively think "hey, it's 9 o clock, time for my daily 1hr concentration and metta meditation"
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