pinkfreud
Jedi Master
Thank you for the session.
My bubble has become more confined in recent months. It feels like mass(-ively skewed) binary-thought has become well established and extends to so many new subjects that weren't previously on anyone's crosshairs. What's worse is that associations between previously unrelated subjects can now be made and grouped together for the purpose of public ridicule and invalidation of anyone who speaks out or asks questions. In saying that, it's not like any of this was unexpected, but it's still a draining experience to experience. And there will be more, so in the context of eternity, a few more years of worse-than-this bubble reality has to be endured and perhaps one lesson is to learn how to experience it in a more bearable way.
I came to this same realization after reading. I was discussing the rampant blocks in communication with one of the few friends I still talk to these days. We’ve been trying to learn new methods of breaking through the blocks (especially within the disagreements one might expect to encounter now) independently.
She expressed frustration with an exchange wherein her vaccine skepticism was interpreted as “not Love” and “harmful” and “not in line with the truth.” I think it was the first time she had that sense of complete inversion of viewpoint.
So we were kind of sharing our acceptance of the inversion. And I told her, “The worst part is I don’t think we can do anything about it.”
And I thought of Peterson’s line, “Bear your suffering. Be a good person. Try not to make it worse.”
So that’s our shared goal we are working on independently now, when it comes to communication blocks. We will try not to make it worse than it already is.