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yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• almost 5 years ago

The mistake of many adults is confusing serious with solemn.

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Michael Ashcroft@m_ashcroft• almost 5 years ago

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@AskYatharth Yes!!! I use different words but 100% agreed. https://t.co/Jnb9V5bWUS

Michael Ashcroft@m_ashcroft• over 5 years ago

1] There is a huge difference between being *serious* and being *sincere*. Alan Watts touches ever so gently on this when he talks about Waking Up, as in this video. What it comes down to is how you play the game of your life (and it is a game). https://t.co/dFb3OPERVw

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11/26/2020

yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• almost 5 years ago

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Ever watched a child play? Try walking across their “imaginary castle” and they will stop you, reproach you, and ask you to step around the castle please. They give their ideas dignity, even as take them not so seriously.

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11/26/2020

yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• almost 5 years ago

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*kids playing *adult tries walking across 𝗸𝗶𝗱𝘀: SIR! STOP. THERE IS A CASTLE HERE, PLEASE. KINDLY STEP AROUND THE CASTLE. 𝗮𝗱𝘂𝗹𝘁: *looks around* but but but just passing 𝗸𝗶𝗱𝘀: 😤 😤 sir! now! 𝗮𝗱𝘂𝗹𝘁: fiiine *walks around

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11/26/2020

yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• almost 5 years ago

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one moment later 𝗸𝗶𝗱 𝟭: hey i think we should destroy this castle 𝗸𝗶𝗱 𝟮: ok! *PWOSOSHSHH* 𝗮𝗱𝘂𝗹𝘁: . . .

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11/26/2020

yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• almost 5 years ago

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Unlike adults: kids do not take their ideas so seriously they cannot in the next moment destroy them. Unlike adults: kids do give their ideas the solemnity that long as they are around they will respect them.

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yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• almost 5 years ago

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Adults fail at both. We feel compelled to maintain our ideas from one moment to the next. God forbid we blew all our ideas up in a moment because we felt like it!! 🤯🤯 Where would we be without consistency? Hath thee no decency??

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11/26/2020

yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• almost 5 years ago

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At the same time, we fail to afford ourselves the basic dignity, that no matter how silly our thoughts, they deserve our unyielding, solemn respect , , whether we have a reason for them or not. not agreement . . just respect. https://t.co/LP0HH4cNn6

yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• almost 5 years ago

The thing about “vibe” is you don't get it by going for “it.” You get it by relentlessly respecting your own preferences, and joy sparks. h/t @VajraVibe in my DMs https://t.co/bTWQQcF5pG

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11/26/2020

yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• almost 5 years ago

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For the kids, walking around the castle was not a matter of reason. It was a matter of simply preference and respect. It is a psy-op that said there needed to be a reason at all. https://t.co/xpSHbMSDVJ

yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• almost 5 years ago

There’s a common way Reason gets used in conversations, and I don’t think it’s obvious at all how it works. It’s a form of bargaining.

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11/26/2020

yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• almost 5 years ago

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“Why not?,” the adult asking, was the beginning of the kids’ inculcation into a world where their every preference had to have reason and actions doubly so. You’ll never guess what happens to self-love. https://t.co/3B3Wq3gvMe

yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• almost 5 years ago

There is no reason needed to love. That we need a reason is a societal psy-op to maintain locally optimal group norms for coordination.

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yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• almost 5 years ago

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We lost dignity, and got durability. We lost solemnity, and got seriousness. We made a trade, and didn’t know it.

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11/26/2020

yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• almost 5 years ago

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Solemn play. Not serious. Dignified. Even without dignity. Noble stance. https://t.co/FZkLV29e4i

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11/26/2020

yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• almost 5 years ago

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@m_ashcroft uses different words, but points to the same thing. https://t.co/iH2kch5x5s

Michael Ashcroft@m_ashcroft• over 5 years ago

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11/26/2020

yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• about 4 years ago

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to be seriously silly about things (vs being sillily serious about them) https://t.co/8brATtutg3

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8/2/2021

Malcolm Ocean 🏴‍☠️@Malcolm_Ocean• almost 5 years ago

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@AskYatharth yeah I sometimes get upset with ppl if they ask me to do something for a reason that I sense is bullshit, but if they don't try to justify, it often feels a lot easier—I feel a sense that they trust me to dignify their request without buying into a reason https://t.co/rkrEaxoY4j

Malcolm Ocean 🏴‍☠️@Malcolm_Ocean• about 6 years ago

I don't have to justify. I don't have to justify not having to justify.

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12/7/2020

yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• almost 5 years ago

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inspired by that neuroscience girl @michellehuang42

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11/26/2020