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The Pathology of Ungrounded Development
One of the ways psychological development can become pathological is if the current primary level from which a person operates isn’t grounded in skillful integration of the previous level.... On Things I Loved That I Dropped
In a workshop I attended several days ago, everyone ended up sharing, one-by-one, about their experience or relationship with the subject of God (with a capital "G").... How relationships cultivate Who I Want To Be
I have this thing consistently happen in romantic relationships about 10 months in… I find myself doing a full inventory of if my partner is helping me become who I want to be. What am I training myself to do in this connection?... The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, probably via use of the word "optics" ;)
I've been reading the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (abridged*, of course, at least to start with!). New to the topic, and I’ve never identified as a history buff, but I’m really loving it.... - Shera JoyCry...
Awareness of Awareness rambling thoughts
What keeps me up at night or what entertains me when other reasons (hormones, sugar, light/sound, etc.) keep me up at night is thinking bout awareness and what is aware of the thinking.... Monogamy v polyamory
Is monogamy better? Is poly better? Is there an overall norm for people, with exceptions? Is it totally pluralistic? Here are some points for monogamy, with some counter points, to convey some of my uncertainty but nevertheless leaning into what I’ve chosen: Point: I don’t know a... I used to spend a lot time in the existential dread of choosing the right path. I later found that there’s a ceiling to happiness - things are either “the best” or “not the best”.... Came across this James Baldwin clip on my Facebook feed. He said: “Love has never been a popular movement. And no one's ever wanted, really, to be free. The world is held together, really it is held together, by the love and the passion of a very few people.... On Aspiration
In a recent Relateful Flow session, I said that I was aspiring toward something and that, to me, aspiration is an active principle. My comment was met with strong disagreement from a person who said that aspiration is passive and only concrete action of a physical kind, actually... - annabeth...
Could it be ethically ok to not vote?
note: I posted this two hours before Biden stepped down. It’s possible that a different Dem candidate could change my choices, but my overall perspective feels the same.... - david...
New to UpTrusting, but an OG trust-o-phile
I had an a-ha moment playing the linked game in 2017 which illustrates something interesting about Trust that had eluded me up until that moment: "trust, if treated as a blind decision, without reflection, can be dangerous, and leave me vulnerable." There is also a potent... Why having kids is bonkers (if you’re addicted to comfort)
Hot take: If your life is all about chasing pleasure, getting the newest shiny thing, and looking for your next dopamine hit, then yeh – having kids is nuts. They’re messy, noisy, and they’ll likely ruin your dreams of becoming a social media influencer.... We have the option to see everything in your life as collaborative; we are scared to say this because we don't want to victim-blame but we're also scared of the possibilities and transcendence that opens up
OK I’ve tried talking about this before and it always feels impossible, but it also feels super important, so here goes, relatively uncensored (meaning super philosophical, my apologies and hope some of you enjoy!): “We have the option to see everything in your life as... - onHow to really tick me off as a fiction writer, and part 2 of my review of Carr's multiply named novel.by
How would you feel about a book of plot twists about breaking the fourth wall? I mean, what if the mystery was about searching for a fundamental or stable world instead of being a straightforward traditional mystery, written in that Holmes/Christie style......giving a nod maybe... sure, but what about people being manipulated to choose life, which is currently what happens?
My first thought here is not a practical one. Surfaces are easy to see, definitionally. Depths are hard to see. So much that is vitally important exists in the invisible.... - Sara Schultz...
I am the luckiest (but mostly the best).
Today is the 9th anniversary of my first date with Jeff and, at 31 years old, I am struck by how incredibly blessed I am to have been with a partner for almost a decade and to truly feel that over 3,285 days of knowing with him I really have grown to love him more every day.... The price of alignment is grief 💔
Alignment demands the death of all unaligned realities. Finding the perfect job costs the one that’s good enough. Letting go of a partnership that isn’t quite right means mourning the future you imagined inhabiting together.... - Arun...
Reading as Interaction, as Encounter
This is something I've been reflecting on, and which I wish had been shown/taught to me earlier. I used to think of books as something like repositories. Of knowledge stuff, of stories, of experience. And so reading was like a process of extraction.... - Arun...
A future I love is more village than city.
Perhaps there's a sci-fi version here where humans become much much better at cities, but the version I like at the moment is Village 2.0. I want to keep networked, light-speed global communication, so knowledge can continue to evolve, enrich, and compound....