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>Self-distancing is the act of increasing the distance from your own egocentric perspective when assessing events and emotions that you experience. It's odd th

>Self-distancing is the act of increasing the distance from your own egocentric perspective when assessing events and emotions that you experience. It's odd that there's no mention of meditation as a way to achieve this effect, since that's arguably its biggest benefit. Put another way, as someone once said: Wisdom is the ability to take your own advice.

hsitz 7y ago
Yes, this does seem like it's closely related to a habit you develop through meditation. However, the "self-distancing" seems worse to me than meditation, since it seems to advocate taking a distance from the "true self" of feelings and thoughts. Meditation encourages the [better]route of recognizing that feelings and thoughts are not parts of your true self at all.
- fwip 7y ago
  What do think is your true self, if not feelings or thoughts?
  - Auready 7y ago
    According to Buddhism there is no true self.
    - Conjoiner 7y ago
      According to Buddhism, is there truth that a self can hold?
      - serpi 7y ago
        No. The separate self is an illusion and can not truly know anything. Only I am is known.
        Conjoiner 7y ago
        Do Buddhists hold this to be true?
    - anoncake 7y ago
      Meditation is not necessarily Buddhist.
  - serpi 7y ago
    Search this source of emotion and thought. Who is it that experiences it. The answer can not come from the mind since what you perceive can not be you. This is self enquiry and can lead to revelations.
riskneutral 7y ago
I would go further and say that meditation is the only way to reliably and truly actualize such a state of mind.
- Vinnl 7y ago
  I consider self-distancing to be one of the things I'm relatively good at. I've hardly ever successfully meditated, though. Furthermore, the article mentions a couple of other techniques that appear to reliably help with self-distancing. I'm sure meditation helps, but I wouldn't rule out other options for achieving this particular goal.
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- maxerickson 7y ago
  Can't that just put things in a circle? Where if you are self distancing then you must be doing whatever meditation is?

hsitz 7y ago

Yes, this does seem like it's closely related to a habit you develop through meditation. However, the "self-distancing" seems worse to me than meditation, since it seems to advocate taking a distance from the "true self" of feelings and thoughts. Meditation encourages the [better]route of recognizing that feelings and thoughts are not parts of your true self at all.

fwip 7y ago
What do think is your true self, if not feelings or thoughts?
- Auready 7y ago
  According to Buddhism there is no true self.
  - Conjoiner 7y ago
    According to Buddhism, is there truth that a self can hold?
    - serpi 7y ago
      No. The separate self is an illusion and can not truly know anything. Only I am is known.
      - Conjoiner 7y ago
        Do Buddhists hold this to be true?
  - anoncake 7y ago
    Meditation is not necessarily Buddhist.
- serpi 7y ago
  Search this source of emotion and thought. Who is it that experiences it. The answer can not come from the mind since what you perceive can not be you. This is self enquiry and can lead to revelations.

riskneutral 7y ago

I would go further and say that meditation is the only way to reliably and truly actualize such a state of mind.

Vinnl 7y ago
I consider self-distancing to be one of the things I'm relatively good at. I've hardly ever successfully meditated, though. Furthermore, the article mentions a couple of other techniques that appear to reliably help with self-distancing. I'm sure meditation helps, but I wouldn't rule out other options for achieving this particular goal.
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maxerickson 7y ago
Can't that just put things in a circle? Where if you are self distancing then you must be doing whatever meditation is?