periodic reminder that if you yank too hard on particular words when the beliefs under them aren't ready to change, sometimes the word comes loose from the concept instead... this is extremely unhelpful as you no longer have a linguistic handle for an important concept
sigh, reading Buddhist stuff and it feels like when you don't put the weight stack pin back in all the way and pull expecting heavy resistance and instead there's none... like, it's not having the right effect gah!
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Reply · Nov 5, 2023@guillefix lol that's probably wise... I kept putting it down whenever the words started to feel like words words words rather than connecting to…Reply · May 7, 2025@monistowl to me it feels more like my mind shivers now and again and those beliefs which are not structural sometimes shake looseReply · Jun 21, 2022@Pathless110 Sigh words are a translation layer, which seems to be a problem for studying Buddhism. My thoughts are mix of emotions and sensations and…Reply · Nov 13, 2023@YeshuaisSavior i mean what i said- like if you say the same word 100 times and it starts sounding like just a curious pattern of noise vs a word,…