Linkpost on identity, kind of

Collecting some posts and perspectives on identity that seem connected... Exhibit A: Ari Nielsen on identity. Talks about orienting to identity as a method for engaging with life. In this view (if I understand correctly) you view identity is a bundle of affordances. Like: Artist, paint a painting of a

The Myth of Freedom: Maybe it's supposed to be disappointing?

(I should focus on what I want to see more of. But... eh, I already wrote this. So oh well.) It turns out there is such a thing as too much book. I read three meditation books recently related to the general theme of tradition and teacher-student relationships. I read

I have a habit of

I could write: "I have a habit of hanging back, lurking, not engaging interactively with things but just passively reading, watching, et cetera." I could write that, but it feels a bit untrue? I could justify this as describing a frequency in the way things used to be.

Fooling myself

I sometimes find a thought arising that is silly, recognizing that it is silly on some level, and then proceeding as if it were serious. Frequently it starts with "oh, that thing that I did, what if someone reacts to it badly?" What if, that's how

Too many ideas vs. no ideas

A long time ago, maybe a year back, I dumped a ton (maybe 50 or 100?) idea bullets into WorkFlowy. Some are questions, some are experiments, some are ideas to explore creatively. There are a lot of good ideas there, good questions. I've got another long list of