BDG Feature: Dressing the Buddha: Modern Slovenly Dress and the Loss of Authentic Being

🔗 Read more: https://tinyurl.com/ypvjt3vx

#Clothing #Cognition #Commentary #Entropy #Fashion #BuddhistThought #Identity #MentalWellBeing #Narcissism #Psychology #Society

OUR INHERITED PSYCHE

Rewiring The Brain Through The Conscious Construction of Masculinity and Identity

What if some of the people we admire are mirrors reflecting qualities we need to develop within ourselves?

Article link 👇

https://medium.com/@dianabasieseme_60028/our-inherited-psyche-f68a40173b0f?sk=87a859c69c417c92b39dadab0a9a3b7a

Visual created with AI.

#Psychology #Neuroplasticity #Masculinity #Identity #PersonalGrowth #SelfDevelopment

I am not a runner

I’m lately fascinated by the distinction between when I’m using an activity as a part of my identity (“I am a runner”) versus pointing out that I do an activity (“I run”). This sort of nit matters to me, because the nature of self-identity matters to me. If I am a runner, but then for whatever reason I don’t run… what then am I? What fascinates me isn’t the specific verbs, but rather: What actually am I? This locks me up thinking for long periods. I write. I run. I climb. I jump. Yes, but, what am I?

I look up at the sky, wondering if I’ll catch a glimpse of kindness there, but I don’t. All I see are indifferent summer clouds drifting over the Pacific. And they have nothing to say to me. Clouds are always taciturn. I probably shouldn’t be looking up at them. What I should be looking at is inside of me. Like staring down into a deep well. Can I see kindness there? No, all I see is my own nature.

I enjoyed reading Murakami’s essays. Particularly because I run poorly, I wanted to know what he talks about when he talks about running. In fact, he does talk a great deal about literally running, in addition to the larger perspectives on his life for which everyone loves the book.

But one thing is for sure: I run. But I am not a runner.

ɕ

When my trans egg first cracked, I had no idea I was trans. I simply thought I had “repressed feminine energy” emerging, for some reason. Maybe a mid-life crisis? Maybe a side of myself that I had simply repressed was coming out?
https://medium.com/prismnpen/discovering-my-true-gender-ba81d271aece?sk=96409906f324b134cd1ad2114befaed3

#LGBTQ #Transgender #ComingOut #Identity

For me, the journey to queerdom was like an incredibly long and complicated game of hide and seek. There were arcane rules, unending boundaries, lost players and many false paths.
https://medium.com/prismnpen/a-trans-woman-plays-hide-and-seek-with-herself-2ed11225a0af?sk=ae0913dc04d2cee333e8ffe8bdc76430

#LGBTQ #Transgender #ComingOut #Identity

VAN Talks Podcast
Covering everything from Voice, Treaty and Truth and Reconciliation through to Aboriginal businesses and Traditional Owner initiatives...

Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/referendum-23-tapes/

#AusPods #Podcasts #Podcasting #Australia #News #CurrentAffairs #Culture #Identity #News #Politics #Activism

Oregon triumphs in hilariously heated battle that removed a state from the U.S. each day

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/oregon-triumphs-in-hilariously-heated-battle-that-removed-a-state-from-the-u-s-each-day/