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agniv's avatar

> We don't have to worry

> And we don't have to hold on

> To pain we left behind

> Wounds get healed with time

(All of the Love, Kanye West)

Angieoii's avatar

Have you come across Alan Watt’s interpretation of Zen? Your experience sounds like you have finally found Zen, or for now at least

vincent huang's avatar

oh interesting i have not!

Keshav's avatar

big fan of this post

CJ Quines's avatar

i don’t really understand why » it's because we got dinner

slimetutor's avatar

my first thought was vincent got lsd

Ha Tran Nguyen Phuong's avatar

>that’s bullshit, i actually AM special! i have lots of unique thoughts and feelings and this is why i write a blog.

lol same

keiosu's avatar

beautiful! ❤️

Kenneth Sun's avatar

lfg liberating the self from the ego!! we’re kinda in sync on this

> And in so many ways I think that psychological separation is the source of all our suffering.

i think this does cause suffering, idk abt all. have been thinking that ‘yearning’ is the source of all our suffering

> seeing yourself as a genius distinct from the people you’re trying to help is rarely useful)

my biggest critique of the rats is this tendency

Kenneth Sun's avatar

having no ego is so freeing everyone should try it

Chris Lakin's avatar

do you mind if i do some data collection

vincent huang's avatar

yeah sure is this about "long-term results"

Chris Lakin's avatar

sort of. you've been doing a lot of reflection recently. are you working on this with one or more humans, or just by yourself/AI?

vincent huang's avatar

when i'm hanging out with friends i'll talk about strong feelings / conflicts i've had recently (if any) but it's not particularly intentional / structured

et's avatar

interesting how spending less time around neurotic people also happened at the same time that you felt more togetherness and less separateness .. correlation there maybe