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I guess after seeing this video, I'm an anti-conformist...
We make money but don't have a car, don't see the point in it. Don't have a house, no fancy things...
Maybe 6 years ago, I was beginning to see the truth, how things were, and I began to see my own need to conform, at least with my appearance.
So I thought how silly it was, let see if i can change that.
So I began to let my hair grow. For about 2 years, my hair are somewhat curly so I had a giant white afro.
Walking around, people looking at me...
At first, i could really see my reaction to this, my conditioning. A deep need to just run home and cut the hair, the shame... Let see if i can change this. It wasn't difficult after all, just a knee jerk reaction.
People are so insecure. Somehow many of them, when they see someone who is genuinely confident and genuinely don't care, they shy away, they look away almost in shame. I guess it's a unconscious thing going on...
Today, I genuinely don't care about the way I look at all.
From the day I began to understand and see the thruth, the walls of the prison i built for myself began to fall, one by one.
Wonderful video. In High School, the book "The Wisdom of Insecurity" changed me forever, and I have been a fan of the enigmatic Alan Watts ever since.
The key to living in the everyday world is to maintain our understanding that everything...the economy, materialism, ladder-climbing, striving, consuming, culture, currency, etc. for the artificial set of constructs that they are.
Not only is "no-self" a truth to understand, but we also discover the reality of a "no-us" or "no-we" and as a result, we can address the issue of conformity as something we can choose to engage or disengage in rather than find ourselves in the lemming camp. In fact, we have a direct responsibility to disengage skillfully at times throughout our lives, especially when compassion, authenticity, integrity, and loving-kindness are on the line.
From a core of Buddhist teachings, this hearkens back to "Right Livelihood." How do we choose to live and/or make a living? What organizations do we choose to be affiliated with, and why? These are very important questions for each of us to answer.
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I wish I could just live instead of living for people's expectations. Somebody has any clue on this subject :P
Pedro
Thank you!
I like the talk.
I agree, people want to conform so much...
I guess after seeing this video, I'm an anti-conformist...
We make money but don't have a car, don't see the point in it. Don't have a house, no fancy things...
Maybe 6 years ago, I was beginning to see the truth, how things were, and I began to see my own need to conform, at least with my appearance.
So I thought how silly it was, let see if i can change that.
So I began to let my hair grow. For about 2 years, my hair are somewhat curly so I had a giant white afro.
Walking around, people looking at me...
At first, i could really see my reaction to this, my conditioning. A deep need to just run home and cut the hair, the shame... Let see if i can change this. It wasn't difficult after all, just a knee jerk reaction.
People are so insecure. Somehow many of them, when they see someone who is genuinely confident and genuinely don't care, they shy away, they look away almost in shame. I guess it's a unconscious thing going on...
Today, I genuinely don't care about the way I look at all.
From the day I began to understand and see the thruth, the walls of the prison i built for myself began to fall, one by one.
Life can be beautiful.
you have a talent for this!
Great work!
The key to living in the everyday world is to maintain our understanding that everything...the economy, materialism, ladder-climbing, striving, consuming, culture, currency, etc. for the artificial set of constructs that they are.
Not only is "no-self" a truth to understand, but we also discover the reality of a "no-us" or "no-we" and as a result, we can address the issue of conformity as something we can choose to engage or disengage in rather than find ourselves in the lemming camp. In fact, we have a direct responsibility to disengage skillfully at times throughout our lives, especially when compassion, authenticity, integrity, and loving-kindness are on the line.
From a core of Buddhist teachings, this hearkens back to "Right Livelihood." How do we choose to live and/or make a living? What organizations do we choose to be affiliated with, and why? These are very important questions for each of us to answer.