Thank you for this. I read a lot about this and share you question as to how to actually do this. Why are we this way? This seems so ubiquitous that it makes me wonder if this is what it is to be human. Or is this what it is to be a human under capitalism that tells us every single day in about a million different ways how garbage we are so we buy more stuff we don't need to fill the God sized hole in our souls?
I recently had a light bulb moment ( I love that term, btw) which was, I am not my thoughts; they don't have the power to define me they are just thoughts and I decide whether to identify or not. This has helped me take the power away from the self-loathing thoughts that inevitably pass through and that is a wonderful feeling, so much better than a drug or alcohol fueled buzz :)
Thank you for this. I read a lot about this and share you question as to how to actually do this. Why are we this way? This seems so ubiquitous that it makes me wonder if this is what it is to be human. Or is this what it is to be a human under capitalism that tells us every single day in about a million different ways how garbage we are so we buy more stuff we don't need to fill the God sized hole in our souls?
I recently had a light bulb moment ( I love that term, btw) which was, I am not my thoughts; they don't have the power to define me they are just thoughts and I decide whether to identify or not. This has helped me take the power away from the self-loathing thoughts that inevitably pass through and that is a wonderful feeling, so much better than a drug or alcohol fueled buzz :)