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Have u watched a friend get into Buddhism & then become passive, withdrawn, and boring? I think Western Buddhism is turning many of us into NPCs 😬 I suspect this is because of (a) a critical mistranslation and (b) failure to import a very important concept: chanda
Firstly, we messed up big in the 19th century by... See more
Tyler Altermanx.comSuddenly your exhaustion becomes laziness, your sadness is ingratitude and your longing is weakness.
We mistake agitation for ambition. We mistake craving for clarity. We mistake the volume of our wanting for the depth of our need.
companionship does not complete you. it meets you. it does not rescue you. it joins you. it does not replace your inner world. it gives your inner world somewhere to arrive. when someone is present with you, happiness feels safer. it feels allowed. it feels like something that can exist beyond a fleeting moment. connection gives joy continuity. it... See more
this is why life feels different when there is someone beside you. not because you are incomplete on your own, but because shared presence adds dimension to everything. your inner world expands outward. your thoughts don’t circle endlessly inside your head. your feelings have somewhere to go. you become less alone inside yourself. even silence... See more
I carry cities I’ll never walk and careers that died before a resume held their name. I mourn strangers I nearly loved; left behind in unread messages. Because what if, there’s someone else; gentler, funnier, easier, more aligned with me just one scroll further?