Your Soul Needs No Applause
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I find Teilhard de Chardin's notion of the universe as an evolving seed of Godhood interesting. It implies that those who accomplish something good are bringing everyone and everything closer to a divine state, in which all are happy and there is no suffering. For instance, we honor Pasteur for finding a cure for rabies, but he is basically in the same boat as the rest of us, no better or worse, striving for a future in which the nightmare of suffering in time dissipates like a bad dream.
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@vagabondsteve yup, i have MASSIVE empathy for my parents. And for myself too.
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Good thoughts about approval and validation. You are who you are not what anyone says about you. :)
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@namitsu1 You don't need break free, just observe and be aware. Like you wrote in your other comment, just do do things which push you out of your comfort zone.
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@vagabondsteve That's very commendable you went through that. For me I feel it's still too hard. The society has programmed my brain. I am aware of it consciously but feel like my unconscious mind can't break free from it yet. Would you be comfortable to share some of the things you did?
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@namitsu1 I used to do this. It's a great practice to break free. Thanks for your ideas.
STEVE: Thank you for sharing in beautiful non-pretentious, straight from the heart manner. I believe that the ability to recognize our mistakes and to learn from them in our lives and then extend our hand to help another up the life lesson ladder is the best of Humanity. Can you imagine the places we Humans can go if we all did this for each other instead of competing and dividing? I imagine you must have been going through some real rough times to get this wise...
manyhumbles 10 months ago
@manyhumbles Thank you for your kind words. No tougher than most people. From a very young age I just had a hunger to find my own truth.
vagabondsteve 1 week ago
This is why everyone "hates" their parents. On a subconscious level (at LEAST!) your parents were JUDGING you based on your ability to cope / maneuver in the material world. They were EVALUATING you based on your "performance". They were not loving "you", they were in love with the image of who YOU MIGHT BECOME. Thats why they are DISAPPOINTED IN YOU TO THIS DAY. ;-)
They don't care about YOU, they care about their STORY about you.
TadRapidly 1 year ago 3
@TadRapidly Well said. If we understand this about our parents we can have more empathy for them. Your comment can also make us better parents with this insight.
vagabondsteve 1 year ago