there’s sth here flavored like “whatever can be destroyed by truth should be”
any part of you that needs defense against being seen/felt should probably be looked at even closer
- notice what qualities, behaviors etc. u admire about them
- notice that u desire to have these qualities in ur life, that they are lacking and u yearn for them.
- accept ur crush is at least partially projection of that desire onto them, a clue from ur subconscious about who u long to become
- find creative, fun, safe ways to embody those qualit... See more
something I love about the Microsolidarity Network is the regular pulse of people going out into the world to do “group stuff”, then coming back to share lessons
we’re learning how to become the kind of person who can transform a group from okay to awesome
...thread time
hot take:
the biggest problem many men have, as it relates to their relationships with women, is that they take from women without realising that they’re taking
a lagging indicator: you can't see or feel her radiance
(and neither can she)
Some people appear confused about the bar for full awakening in the classical Buddhist sense.
So, here's an uncontroversial minimal definition that cuts across traditions:
Anuttarasamyaksaṃbodhi:
anuttara - unsurpassed, there is nothing further
samyak - complete
sam - perfect, correct
bodhi - awakening
What does this actually mean?
1. The delusi... See more
whenever I try to put together some kind of “master resource” it almost always ends up being overwrought and tedious
when I write something like a personal recommendation doc for a friend, it almost always ends up being useful for other people and way easier to share too
i usually describe this to people as "make your work people-shaped", which is the cognitively ergnomic way of talking about "cognitive ergnomics" (which is, tragically, not cognitively ergonomic)