@avantgame No. Put on your oxygen mask first.
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@avantgame Perhaps. I involuntarily visualize a Star Trek door whooshing shut in my mind when people denigrate self-help! xo
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@avantgame Doesn't being more mentally and physically happy give you more ability to work on social justice? -
@davehogg of course I think that's true but there's such an aggressive social justice movement against individual "self-help" methods now -
@avantgame Speaking just for my own experiences, that's unfortunate.Self-care might calm the anger, but it increases the ability to help.
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@avantgame I read a super helpful Bust article about therapy-to-fit-in-broken-system vs therapy-to-stay-alive in ~2000. Foundational.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@avantgame@DanielSolis I don't think so - I think it's like the oxygen masks on an airplane.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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9) Mindfulness can help anyone, including activists, relieve suffering in the world without creating more in the process.
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@avantgame Society has part of the responsibility for suffering, but ppl are maybe afraid of being seen as political if they call for changeThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@avantgame This talk at#32c3 touches this subject slightly. Anti-depressants as suppressor for collective change. https://youtu.be/Y65LbFWCf0AThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@avantgame society is happier, healthier only if everyone take care of their own wellness in a not egocentric way wellness is social as wellThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@avantgame in education too. Outcomes correlated to poverty, but systemic resistance to change demands heroic teachers and students instead.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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8) I’ve seen activists / non-profit folks, united in beautiful intention to heal — but driving each other crazy in the process.
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7) I’ve seen meditation help addicts and inmates build new lives that don’t involve violence to themselves or others.
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6) I’ve seen meditation make children's classrooms a better place to learn— for many cultures / classes, not just the privileged.
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5) I’ve seen meditation inspire folks to leave their corporate jobs and become activists working for justice.
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4) (Deep down, I believe *any* wise spiritual path — not just my Buddhisty one — leads in these directions.)
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3) Ultimately, these paths lead to a deeper sense of interconnection / compassion / desire to relieve suffering for *all* beings.
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2) I’ve seen solipsism on the spiritual path. But far more often, I see it making people *less* self-involved, not more.
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