key_4 said:Doesn't every family have some level of dysfunction? Or just tell me... what does a "healthy" or "normal" family even look like? What is it supposed to be?
There aren't many truly "normal" families out there. But an autonomous individual's job is to break the cycle of their family's mistakes... rather than inheriting them and passing them down.
key_4 said:Give me a break, what kind of "psychotherapist" is this?🙄 Sure, there are traumas to deal with, but honestly—who didn't have issues with their parents during puberty? I felt like running away every other day myself...🙄
I'm not talking about puberty here. There is much more to toxic family dynamics than just adolescence...
masterblaster said:I sought therapy for issues involving my father. If I recall correctly, they dismissed it as just an adolescent crisis. I went to a private practice.
Clearly you went to the wrong clinic. There are plenty of legitimate psychotherapists out there. That kind of response is basically telling someone to go to hell...
The most toxic "games" happen right at home. Even if you walk away, those patterns just follow you into every new relationship. You have to learn how to spot the game and shut it down...
Kyle Nelson2 said:Take Buddhism, mix it with Shintoism and a bit of Bushido... you get Zen.
I don't mind it, since there isn't all that heavy verbalizing found in Abrahamic religions.
That wouldn't work. Zen came to Japan from China (Chan), where it was already established in the form we see in Japan today. Bushido grew out of Zen, not the other way around. Shintoism is its own thing...
Karen Sanchez19 said:Exactly. And I'll just add that you are the Matrix itself.🙂
Nobody escapes anything...😁 😉
You are also your mind. Your mind creates the reality surrounding you. By shifting your mental perspective, you can break through the illusion and grasp the absolute truth.
Most Eastern religions claim we're living in a Matrix, which they refer to as Maya. The only distinction is that the Matrix is a technical innovation, whereas Maya is spiritual. It is possible to escape from either...
We clearly have different definitions of what "the masses" actually means. The crowd you see is just a mob; the mass I see is everything surrounding you. And even that mob influences you, whether you feel detached from it or not... The mob votes, and you are subject to those results just the same.
Everything you suppress eventually becomes an obstacle. If you haven't lived life on the edge... you'll always wonder what you missed. Isn't it easier to just do it and move on unburdened?
The core issue here is this detachment from the collective. Dualism. There is me, and then there is everyone else. Once you realize—and actually accept—that you are part of that mass rather than some observer watching it all unfold from the outside... everything changes.
Thagirion said:Jesus is actually humanity's greatest enemy, because he limits and inhibits our true potential.
Jesus isn't to blame. It's the Church, twisting his dharma to suit its own agenda. Jesus never said anything about needing a Pope, bishops, or the institution we see today...