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Realized today the extent to which I’m quite a pessimist in sneaky ways, thanks to @son_of_bob reminding me of this post which references Vineeto’s advice that one must ‘become attached’ / allow attachment to occur before any removal of self can happen.
Over the years of trying to be someone that ‘gets it’ I’ve clearly internalized the Buddhist advice (& secular versions thereof) that ‘everything is suffering’ in this earthly realm and that there is nothing for it but to ‘grin & bear it,’ and it seems that advice has 1) Carried Thru to this point in my life and 2) colored my actualism practice in all kinds of ways.
Still early, but it’s nice seeing it. Hi, pessimism! You are me!