Being drawn to stories of hardship and resilience -- maybe we should think BEYOND this. Think beyond the hardships. Some contend that we are the author of our stories, that we (or perhaps even the "collective unconscious") compose the events -- that it's like enjoying tragic shows and horror movies. If we are the authors … Continue reading Meta-Meth
Tag: philosophy
A True Leader
The humble leader realizes they may make mistakes. Not just showing what to do, they show what not to do. The humble leader says, "Be better than me. I want you to be better than me. Learn what I know so that you can do better." The humble leader embraces, pays homage. The leader is … Continue reading A True Leader
Key-Phrase
All for One and One for All Something I recently said during a group session has been gnawing at me. In talking about the financial/money anxiety I frequently have even when I can be doing fine financially, I mentioned how my thoughts could turn to homelessness and the what-ifs of becoming so. I verbalized one … Continue reading Key-Phrase
Digi-Dysphoria
In the article "Pausing AI is the only safe approach to digital sentience", Holly Elmore, an executive director of PauseAI, is speaking my language. Rather than existential risk from AI, I'm more concerned about suffering risk, what's known as "s-risk." Suffering is something that I constantly think about, and as Elmore says, "We could be … Continue reading Digi-Dysphoria
Trans-Label
Last time, I was unable to put into words what transcendence was to me, so I thought about it. I think for me, it has more than one meaning: to go beyond my current, everyday confines, like when I speak of "transcendental experiences" in which I experience something mystical and/or some ultimate truth seems to … Continue reading Trans-Label
Us
Around the end of August/beginning of September, I'd gotten the idea of relating the spiritual idea of fragmentation to dissociative identity disorder (DID) after seeing Brina Ryce's YouTube post about their being diagnosed with DID. They were announcing the upcoming release of their book In the Beginning There Was Us. Their post reignited my interest … Continue reading Us
Chamomile Tea
Yesterday, I lay around for much of the day. I felt so tired and even napped two times. I thought maybe it was a combination of my lack of sleep the previous night and walking ten miles the previous day. Despite the extra sleep I got, though, I've felt tired and sleepy and I napped … Continue reading Chamomile Tea
Nature
I fell into another depressive existential crisis yesterday. Started voice journaling about life and suffering and decided to turn it into a blog post: Not blaming anyone, any person, when it seems to me none of us asked to be how we are. And if we look past people and to nature itself, it's seemingly … Continue reading Nature
Misanthropy
To me, misanthropy ticks the box of all-or-nothing thinking, one of those concepts that can perhaps be arrived at by inductive reasoning and lead to overgeneralizing. From a particular forum that I've perused, it seems to me that it can also be projection as people attribute the bad that they see in themselves to all … Continue reading Misanthropy
Meta-Beliefs
So titled as I explain my beliefs--that is, my opinions--about various beliefs. This was initially titled something else. I felt miffed today thinking about certain things so I decided to write about it. Here it is, along with the original title, Things That Can Annoy the Shit Out of Me and Why Certain Beliefs Law … Continue reading Meta-Beliefs
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