I'm not sure if you've read Jed McKenna, but one concept he advances (the core concept) is that it's all made up. Every bit of it. And the only thing you can truly say about yourself is "I am." Everything else built upon that is merely a figment of belief.
For me, that is not just a quaint idea I read in a book once, it's a practical concept that I've come to grips with through the annihilation of bullshit. If you sit down and ask "who am I?" and you refuse to accept an answer that you can't verify, it might take weeks or months of work but the answer ultimately is, "I am." It is impossible to prove anything else.
I was going to write an article about this and how it relates to thinking clearly especially in regards to investing/narratives/mainstream beliefs, but I guess I decided it would be too wonky. I think it's cool you published on the topic.
Only when the ego is exhausted to nothingness, will the illusion of separateness (labels) finally disappear… surfacing an awakening of our interconnectedness to everything / by the divine light/ always present, always in love.
Another cracking articlette. I think you might get something out of this article out recently in The TransAtlantic – "Identity Politics and the Seeds of the Lost Left"…
Was just reflecting on things I want to leave behind this year, and one of them was "Judgement towards self / others".
"Make observations not judgements." "We judge/criticize in others that in which we most fear in ourselves." 🙏
I'm not sure if you've read Jed McKenna, but one concept he advances (the core concept) is that it's all made up. Every bit of it. And the only thing you can truly say about yourself is "I am." Everything else built upon that is merely a figment of belief.
For me, that is not just a quaint idea I read in a book once, it's a practical concept that I've come to grips with through the annihilation of bullshit. If you sit down and ask "who am I?" and you refuse to accept an answer that you can't verify, it might take weeks or months of work but the answer ultimately is, "I am." It is impossible to prove anything else.
I was going to write an article about this and how it relates to thinking clearly especially in regards to investing/narratives/mainstream beliefs, but I guess I decided it would be too wonky. I think it's cool you published on the topic.
Only when the ego is exhausted to nothingness, will the illusion of separateness (labels) finally disappear… surfacing an awakening of our interconnectedness to everything / by the divine light/ always present, always in love.
Another cracking articlette. I think you might get something out of this article out recently in The TransAtlantic – "Identity Politics and the Seeds of the Lost Left"…
https://thetransatlantic.substack.com/p/identity-politics-and-the-seeds-of
identity leads to narrative
narrative leads to suffering
suffering leads to conflict
conflict leads to identity
The cycle is natural but so often identity keeps us stuck between an old end and a new beginning