I think I may have Dunning-Kruger anxiety syndrome.
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I appreciate your ponderances. Yes, being honest and courteous seems much more natural. I suppose part of my own discomfort around this issue is that my natural mode of speech is overly formal, idiosyncratic, generally open and often emphatic. Has been since I was young. >
> Now, that - reportedly - can come off as a bit weird and/or arrogant, in several contexts. I don't spend a lot of time around dharma people but I can find it quite uncomfortable not being able to talk openly. People are too busy pretending they don't know anything. >
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> luckily, my mentor & teacher seem more interested in an open, honest exchange about practice. I've taken your point about D-K anxiety in a wonky direction. Yesterday I said to a friend that I don't understand why even great yogis say they have no experience (≠ non-bragging) >
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> this is rather different to my experience of martial artists, or meditators from non-himalayan traditions, strangely. I just think it's a bit of a shame if this is a barrier to open conversation. I'll get bored of my issue with this eventually haha >
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Pretending ignorance is funny. Maybe relates to this?https://twitter.com/_awbery_/status/1005762440695635969 …
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