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The morbid, but critically true, reality is that there are different humans. There are Takers, Givers, Neutral. We are ruled by Takers. (service to self, as o

The morbid, but critically true, reality is that there are different humans. There are Takers, Givers, Neutral. We are ruled by Takers. (service to self, as opposed to service of others) Which is a core tenant of meditation (service to others) We as a Humanity will not heal until we can kill the Takers Archetype in the psyche. Thus why meditation helps. But literally - the Takers who are the "they" or "TPTB" are so fn broken, that changing that psychological worm is extremely difficult - and its a self-defending psychosis that spans generations and is hard to qwell. - EDIT because of the 'posting too fast rule (lame)' ;; -- Mayan word ;; "In Lak'ech" 'I am another Yourself'

ericjmorey 3y ago
> Which is a core tenant of meditation (service to others) It always seemed the opposite to me. One meditates for ones self.
- beedeebeedee 3y ago
  >> Which is a core tenant of meditation (service to others) > It always seemed the opposite to me. One meditates for ones self. And in the process, like in Kant's practical reason, we recognize not only our selves, but see other selves like us in the world. There's no contradiction
- malauxyeux 3y ago
  With the caveat that any discussion of meditation is fraught with "no true Scotsmans" and hypotheticals ... Something that the American Theravadin Thanissaro Bhikkhu says is that meditation is "for my own benefit and the benefit of those around me." E.g., during a disagreement with someone, you remain calm and avoid giving the other person a "piece of your mind". The other person doesn't have to deal with the "piece of your mind", which is to their benefit.
deprecative 3y ago
We like takers. We hate givers.