RE: RE: You’re not a person. You’re a planet.
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RE: You’re not a person. You’re a planet.

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It seems to me that there is a takeover of the Asian philosophy of life through the consideration of the "I", which is said not to really be there as soon as one begins to look for it (an experiment one can do for oneself, right?).
I have been working intensively on the subject for the last ten years or so, maybe a little longer. Each phase has been accompanied by the desire to share my new insights with others.

In the meantime, I've gotten over that a bit and the expansion in that direction has snapped back insofar as I've gained the impression that the less I talk about it directly, the better. I see my missionary attempts as a bit gauche and partly self-righteous. Where some think they are right and stay where it feels right, others have gone away, so that I as a person never really find myself in sync with anyone. Everything is situational anyway and difficult to generalise.

I have even developed something of an antipathy towards these currents, not because I reject the wisdom, I still find coherence in the teachings. What probably bothers me is the overarching nature of every insight, if it is not found and lived by me, but seems to rise to a demand when carried outwards.

One could probably make an anecdote out of that.
... Like someone who tells another in a confidential conversation that "it's a long way from the head to the feet" and the person then trumpets this to the world and demands "People, it's a long way from the head to the feet! Tread it or be of mischief!"

"Being less of a dictator", sounds way better :)