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yatharth in asheville@AskYatharth• about 2 years ago

there's a sterile, unfriendly, not-actually-a-lot-of-capacity spotlight of attention people try bring to their body, and they are surprised when their inner children, correctly, are like "fuck this!! im leaving" https://t.co/NEDYfWcupz

yatharth in asheville@AskYatharth• about 2 years ago

trying to "expand awareness" to things that don't want that "awareness" expanded to it is like the hallmark of the fuckiness of meditation

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 2 years ago

Replying to @AskYatharth

@AskYatharth alan watts described a version of this as like cops showing up to a party with sirens blaring and finding nobody home

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 2 years ago

Replying to @visakanv

@AskYatharth https://t.co/1ejIfnuQ7p

Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 6 years ago

Cop in my head: so! How are we doing today! How are we *feeling*! Terrified civilians: Everything is great officer!! Nothing to see here, just normal brain cells having a normal time. Thank you for your service!! Serve & protect!!! Hoo-ah! Cop: alrighty then Feelings: https://t.co/0h1i6hsTuW

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yatharth in asheville@AskYatharth• about 2 years ago

Replying to @AskYatharth

inner children have no interest in being laid out on a surgical table, by someone who's not even going to have the capacity to be with them

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Will@billiamfrances• about 2 years ago

Replying to @AskYatharth

@AskYatharth Yeah, it’s really important that this type of practice isn’t about stretching or straining to reach for some idea of what “expanded awareness” is; awareness is something that’s always there and if you just stop straining all the time you can just be it

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Will@billiamfrances• about 2 years ago

Replying to @billiamfrances

@AskYatharth *that* type of awareness can yield organic playfulness and curiosity when stewarded properly

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 2 years ago

Replying to @AskYatharth

@AskYatharth this is also why a lot of "touch grass" and "go to therapy" class of dismissive directives just straight up don't work, assuming the intent was to actually be helpful

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