tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4509984623221522253.post3001576120192543197..comments2022-11-14T18:37:03.760+09:00Comments on The State of Muliebrity:: Self-Acceptance Day 8Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14220940014661440823noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4509984623221522253.post-74419047848333727342011-05-14T03:54:03.508+09:002011-05-14T03:54:03.508+09:00I see the comments disappeared. Well, whether we ...I see the comments disappeared. Well, whether we can accept ourselves or not, it's hard to accept Blogger. So many times I get messages that say something like "Blogger has a problem and has to go be sick in the corner. We are not very sorry, so we are dumping your long response into the ether." Wordpress seems to be more robust. But otherwise, things are going well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4509984623221522253.post-41978730115742409202011-05-13T00:01:00.711+09:002011-05-13T00:01:00.711+09:00Ah, good to know where this is coming from. I loo...Ah, good to know where this is coming from. I looked at some of the Amazon reviews. Most people just sort of bliss out on it. However, critics are accused of ego freak out. You can't win an argument against this because if you critique you are judging, and that means you are unenlightened, and therefore unqualified to judge. I do think people generally move to critique too quickly, judge too much, and pursue inappropriate images of themselves, foisted on them by advertising and ideology. However, we also easily accept things we should not accept, without even noticing. Is Buddhism too passive? These are thousand year old questions that will never have simple answers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4509984623221522253.post-84149537889949154072011-05-12T21:45:52.772+09:002011-05-12T21:45:52.772+09:00I see what you mean. This whole unconditioned self...I see what you mean. This whole unconditioned self idea comes from from Eckhart Tolle's book A New Earth. I read the book a few times so this all makes sense to me. What he means by unconditioned self is the self that is aware of its awareness. In other words, in contrast to Descartes claim "I think therefore I am," Eckhart states that we are not who we think we are. We are the awareness that is aware of our thoughts. That is the unconditioned self. Does that make sense?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14220940014661440823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4509984623221522253.post-59078513954601628922011-05-12T09:19:27.791+09:002011-05-12T09:19:27.791+09:00I am still having trouble accepting (or receiving)...I am still having trouble accepting (or receiving) this unconditioned self. Is this like the self that a baby has, unformed by language, social relationships, values, experiences? Do we really want to return to the infantile state? Let's contrast your slogan, "Happiness is where I am," with the U.S. Army slogan, "Be all that you can be." From reading your blog, it seems to me that you are more in tune with the U.S. Army. (Whether joining the army brings one closer to fulfilling that slogan is another question.) This is where pop psychology or pop philosophy falls apart: contradictory slogans all seem true. And of course, they all CAN be true, but at different times, or in different circumstances, so one still has to make decisions and be wise instead of following slogans. Or so it seems to me, anyway.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com