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Rithika's avatar

Not directly related to this particular article but I am in awe of how honest and vulnerable you are in your writing. Mad respect.

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Adam Ripley's avatar

Well put my friend. I feel similarly, especially about the headless chicken-ness. My default is to try and fix things (either fix them in the world with actions or fix them in my head with justifying thoughts), but there are things that don't need to be (or can't be) fixed, and a lot of the times the constant striving for things to be different turns into this neurotic avoidance of just facing some passing discomfort. Meditation feels like my commitment to the deeper, stiller part of me which is okay even amidst the continual problems of life. I like the Alan Watts quote "Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone" and a quote by idk who "Don't just do something, sit there!"

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