He is the sort of lolcow that in my opinion overflows the "laughable" buffer in a way that writes a positive integer into "possibly dangerous"
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Replying to @0K_ultra @sonyaellenmann
he has a ridiculous chip on his shoulder but I truly do not believe he is meaningfully dangerous except if you're foolish enough to try and work with him directly
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he gives me the strong impression of a person that has conflated his personality disorder with "enlightenment"
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I haven’t seen evidence that enlightenment and personality disorders are mutually exlusive. A large survey of folks with ‘persistent non-symbolic experience’ found much grandiosity in the enlightened.
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a glimpse vs. abiding in
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Replying to @danlistensto @delysis and
more explicitly: a personality disorder increases the suffering of self and others. enlightenment decreases the suffering of self and others. that's the theory, anyway.
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Whose theory? Self: MCTB says meditation can periodically land one in a ‘dark night of the soul,’ even the enlightened author! Other: Abuse-of-power scandals often plague renowned gurus, an issue that I recall
@Meaningness describing as seemingly intractable. And woo abounds.1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
Replying to @delysis @danlistensto and
Insofar as enlightenment makes people feel less neurotic and more connected to their worlds,
. I’ve found heuristic truth in Leary’s take that one has to feel good to do good.
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Replying to @delysis @danlistensto and
maybe the thing I felt when fighting was enlightenment lol Maybe that's why, decades later, I sort of miss school, despite violence and poverty that were there.
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hm there was a book once called Voice of the Whirlwind about combat meditation as employed by cybered up clone soldiers wasn't there
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