“We are made up of nothing. There is no self. We are whatever we decide we are.” Frederick Lenz
The Myth of the Self
Photography OCD
A somewhat healthy obsession with photography
“We are made up of nothing. There is no self. We are whatever we decide we are.” Frederick Lenz
Why self can’t be what you decided? I didn’t understand this opposition. To be honest I even don’t know what is nothing 🙂
I’ve already told how much I like this image. This photo is more sharp.
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Thanks Alena, not that sharpness matters here. The concept of a no-self is a Buddhist thing and its hard to explain. Read about it by your self. 😉
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I don’t believe Buddhists. They say not to get attached. And this is the only thing that I can do.
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They also say to be a light unto yourself, find out what is true and real for you. And it may just be a Beagle in a Babushka!
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My religion is happiness 🙂 I really don’t understand any other.
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Well I don’t understand that religion at all.
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There’s nothing to understand, it’s only for feeling.
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I think what you’re saying is that enlightenment is understanding that there is nowhere to go, nothing to do, and nobody you have to be except exactly who you’re being right now. Is that correct Mrs Shminke?
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It’s about being right now, Mr. Ross!
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Agreed. Did I mention that The Power of Now is worth reading?
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I don’t remember, I remembered being and nothingness 🙂
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You might get more out of watching some of his videos on YouTube, hes quite an interesting character: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brtP2IgnZzs
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I should make another attempt to read Perls, to understand better what I do.
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I was re-reading Gestalt Therapy Verbatim which is very good but the dreamwork part can get boring. He has a few other but most are probably out of print.
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I understood. Mattered that there’s no light spot! 😄
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A wise guy eh? As a very wise Buddhist teacher once put it: its not I hear the birds its just hearing the birds. The I is extra.
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This one I agree with, and I’d say more, but I’m transfixed by what is blurring the shot. Is that snow?
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Its a reflection in a scratched, dirty truck panel. And since its a reflection its certainly not me but another illusion.
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Lol…good one, Mike.
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