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There's a spiritual truth here, letting go of ego - I think the world would benefit more from it than just about anything else right now. Not only by reducing
by QuadrupleA 5y ago
There's a spiritual truth here, letting go of ego - I think the world would benefit more from it than just about anything else right now.
Not only by reducing pointless religious and political flame wars, but also the vast amount of anxiety and depression based around identity (whether my identity is good enough), social distrust and antagonism from identifying as this group vs that group, etc.
Not an easy path, and these ideas have been around for 3000 years without seemingly making much impact in society at large - but one can hope :)
- mkr-hn 5y agoI think learning to gray rock my way through interactions with angry narcissists helped me here. It turns out people who are angry about something expect a certain reaction to their rage, and that rage deflates fast when you don't follow the same script. Ego depression isn't quite the same as getting rid of ego, but it has the same effect.