kind of wonder if ive been in a biological kegan 4.5 for a while even knowing the fatuousness of the stance damned wetware maybe a better framing is lacking a good lifestyle aesthetic after rejecting the last one
Hm I think they are "Where does one find motivation" "What is the implicit animating narrative" Possibly this is functional meaning vs abstract?
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I'm just saying, if a single blog post by one Buddhist, no matter how insightful, can unearth existential angst, I'm willing to ask if you do in fact have a Stage 4 card. There's a qualitatively difference between "stuck behind the Veil of Paroketh" and "lost in the Abyss."
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qualitative, damn.
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I think Chapman downplays the degree to which Stage 5 would represent someone who is transcendent of ordinary systems of meaning. Most people don't even have "has authored their own meaning, even if it's mostly a hack ripoff, and unmoored themselves from the meanings of society."
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And I think that this more commonly Strong Meaning Able To Distort The World Around It is what many people WOULD parse as Transcendent, superficially, because they have transcended the concerns of the people around them (which is the absolutely most dominant paradigm of thought).
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Being really into learning shit is having a hobby. Most people are not so into learning shit they would even Consider hiding books from Li Si if Li Si came around with a squadron of Qin soldiers to burn all the books and whip people to death if they resist.
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That might seem overly dramatic but I often find that a motivation that isn't strong enough to maybe kill you if you grip it too tightly is often not strong enough to start reshaping you, and that's what self-authorship really means. Warping yourself.
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So I think it's totally possible to fail the transition to Stage 4, too. In any case, if you aren't able to ~adopt multiple systems of meaning fluidly~ maybe you should just focus on getting into One. Regardless of my other comments, no one proved starting over isn't an option.
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