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RE: Who Owns What?
I only know my own perspective required some suffering, but you are right I shouldn’t assume it’s the only way. We get stuck in our own perspectives no matter how enlightened we think we are 😂
True. I'm guilty of that, too.
I'd go so far as to say that most of those who think they're enlightened are generally more guilty of psychological projecting than those who give no time to such ideas. We may believe, or be heard saying, that people are this or that or that things are this way or that way, but what we're often really doing is shifting blame away from ourselves onto others (for qualities that we resist inside of ourselves) or fitting our concepts of reality to our idealistic views - a type of ego gratification.
I don't mean to imply that this applies to either of us; rather, that it's something to look out for in ourselves when we feel that we're enlightening the world with our words or through some other form of expression.
I always try to keep space inside of myself for catching my own bullshit and even then it's virtually impossible to know if the words that flow out of my mouth are without hidden agendas or intentions of somehow strengthening psychological defenses. One's unconscious can operate quite subtly and often slyly, to put it lightly.
A more succinct way to say all of what I just blabbered above: I try to be honest, to the best of my abilities.