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Why this matters: because if you don’t think the part can grow up, you will never let it you will be stuck forever parenting that part https://t.co/eXIdSAWxhL
@EpistemicHope It’s letting the part grow up rather than parenting it. If you think your part is so stupid it can never be trusted with growing up . . that’s thinking v little of a brain that has so far adapted and kept you alive in incredibly versatile conditions.
Your part isn’t stupid. It just can’t read. Stop trying to send it fucking memos. https://t.co/nb7XpdPNOQ
When you let your part make sense, you let it be you (consciousness). From there, it can update. https://t.co/4KLYh0zBdy https://t.co/daPrBDwums
So let your parts make sense. Let them make the most sense in the world. *of course* they are true *of course* it had to be this way :’) *of course* you have to take a break with no responsibilities for two weeks. it makes so much sense *of course*, ____ https://t.co/58vyqE5hxn
The Emotional TRUTH of the situation. The KNOWING of my dissonance. The ALREADY EXISTING nature of my feelings. The bringing to light the POSITION I am already in, conscious or not. The disgusting FELT EXPERIENCE of the world even if it doesn’t feel right. All these make me.
not reality, but truth https://t.co/11aTXm4Ys2
Your part can’t read written language, but it can speak the language of the heart. Emotional, visceral activation. Sensory, felt experience. The quality of reality and memories. (Your part is a himbo.) (Take care of your himbos.) (Let your himbos grok.)
You want a kid to learn something? You give them autonomy. They connect with their sense of actual control. Whatever is happening in the environment—they now suddenly care about it. It’s 𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘢. Linked to the main thing the mind cares about: predictive control. Sovereignty. https://t.co/t5lufp1KfE
This desire, by the way, is how kids end up with bad company. Charming manipulators know how to appeal to a child’s desire for independence, desire to be seen. This is why kids date bad boys and get hideous tattoos. To exercise their *sovereignty*. https://t.co/2Hj2NkjA3R
@AskYatharth it's interesting and wack to think about how, this implies (correctly, I think) that the current prevailing reality is the inverse: we expect kids to learn *without* autonomy. which basically guarantees that the learning will be thin, hollow, fragile
Rebecca Black, tracing again with her hands & heart the lines of her traumatising song. She is breathing control, & autonomy, into where felt like a wasteland. https://t.co/iZSc6StblB