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>> I've been trying to figure out how to live while minimizing the extent of my personal fabricated narrative. > sounds interesting. Do you know of any suggest

>> I've been trying to figure out how to live while minimizing the extent of my personal fabricated narrative. > sounds interesting. Do you know of any suggested reading on the topic? The Bible, there's no better. Jesus preaches and teaches truth, truth will erode this false fabricated narrative.

36bydesign 9y ago
Minimize your personal fabricated narrative by abiding by a 2,000 year old fabricated narrative. Checks out.
- wvlia5 9y ago
  Lol ;D
- honestoHeminway 9y ago
  Well, lets say, you dont minimize it, you standardize it. Also christianity like all others martyrer religions (shia, judaism) has its benefits, as the usual mad inventor crowd in for some serious suffering before salvation, is part of the cultural accepted background.
ux-app 9y ago
> truth will erode this false fabricated narrative. ooh boy, that's a deep rabbit hole. I'm an atheist now, but I was raised in a deeply religious household (fundamentalist christian, family and entire social circle took the bible very seriously). My experience is that everyone thinks they have the "truth", even though each sect's truth is mutually exclusive from all others (even though they all read from the same book). In addition I found that Jesus' teachings (mostly harmless, mostly obvious) didn't do much to "erode this false fabricated narrative", but rather layered over an additional set of narratives. I never experienced any deeper insights than this despite a couple of decades worth of heavy indoctrination attempts. I'm sure you mean well though, so I appreciate your comment.
- KGIII 9y ago
  Buddhist saying... If you meet the Buddha on the road, kill him.
gaius 9y ago
Right, this is like how prayer works. Not by the intervention of a deity but by forcing you to think through what you want and why you want it, thereby helping to create the mental preconditions for going about getting it. "God helps those who help themselves" in other words.

36bydesign 9y ago

Minimize your personal fabricated narrative by abiding by a 2,000 year old fabricated narrative. Checks out.

wvlia5 9y ago
Lol ;D
honestoHeminway 9y ago
Well, lets say, you dont minimize it, you standardize it. Also christianity like all others martyrer religions (shia, judaism) has its benefits, as the usual mad inventor crowd in for some serious suffering before salvation, is part of the cultural accepted background.

ux-app 9y ago

> truth will erode this false fabricated narrative. ooh boy, that's a deep rabbit hole. I'm an atheist now, but I was raised in a deeply religious household (fundamentalist christian, family and entire social circle took the bible very seriously). My experience is that everyone thinks they have the "truth", even though each sect's truth is mutually exclusive from all others (even though they all read from the same book). In addition I found that Jesus' teachings (mostly harmless, mostly obvious) didn't do much to "erode this false fabricated narrative", but rather layered over an additional set of narratives. I never experienced any deeper insights than this despite a couple of decades worth of heavy indoctrination attempts. I'm sure you mean well though, so I appreciate your comment.

KGIII 9y ago
Buddhist saying... If you meet the Buddha on the road, kill him.

gaius 9y ago

Right, this is like how prayer works. Not by the intervention of a deity but by forcing you to think through what you want and why you want it, thereby helping to create the mental preconditions for going about getting it. "God helps those who help themselves" in other words.