Is anyone here reading what might be called 'dhammic literature', meaning literary fiction that explores dhamma-related themes - the human condition, suffering, happiness, perception.
In particular I am interested in conversations about the New Weird and how it 'estranges' us from habituated perception. Also looking for reading recommendations.
#dhamma #literary #fiction #NewWeird #ostranenie #estrangement #reading #writing
Four Years Later: Connor, Silence, and the Things Addiction Leaves Behind
Before You Read: A Necessary Disclaimer I need to say something before you continue. What you’re about to read is the heaviest thing I have ever shared publicly. Not just on this blog. On any blog. On any platform. This is not a dramatic exaggeration. It is a sincere warning. I have written about difficult topics before. I have written about personal growth, loneliness, identity, frustration, politics, science, and the complexity of being human. But this piece is different. This one […]
"All the parts about me that I hate the most, I got from you. All the parts I love the most, too. The romanticism, the love of history, a deep attunement to emotion, movies, and music. My teary-eyed, lachrymose nature. My love of journalism and photography." —J.Y. Lee for Off Assignment
“You wait there in the alpine light, beneath the fluorescent glow of the Thai restaurant. Your hair is cropped and peppered with gray, grown out from a few months post-shave, I suspect. You’ve lost some weight, lean again the way you were when I was young, but you still stand tall for someone from o
A beautiful piece from Kristie De Garis
"... For me, estrangement is not banishment or a refusal to forgive. I truly forgive my mother for the past. What I cannot do is continue to put up with the same behaviours in the present. This is the distinction that is often missed ..."
#estrangement https://kristiedegaris.substack.com/p/parental-estrangement?publication_id=5418558&post_id=185517954&isFreemail=true&r=2s1lms&triedRedirect=true
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a post in response to Philippa Perry’s advice column on parental estrangement. After many requests to share it more fully, I’ve published it at the link below.
It’s an attempt to describe my own experience, and how distance is usually reached slowly, not suddenly.
https://kristiedegaris.substack.com/p/parental-estrangement
#Estrangement #Parents #Children #UK #Scotland #Writing #WritingCommunity #Reading #Books #Parenting
My mother will never meet this baby. Depending on how hard my father tries to belittle, guilt, insult, cajole, or bribe me, he may not either.
The idea of paraphrasing this quote (Andor season 2) is my husband's, for when I tell my father in my third trimester:
"You want Syril in your life, you will think before you speak...I will guarantee a level of engagement, but it will be inversely proportional to the volume of anxiety you generate in our lives.”
"77 percent of those surveyed said said emotional abuse during childhood was the reason they stopped contacting their mother, as did 59 percent of those estranged from their fathers.
In comparison, only 26 percent of estranged parents blamed emotional abuse for a rift with their daughter, with no respondents believing emotional abuse caused an estrangement with their son."
And there it is.
🔗 https://www.newsweek.com/parenting-family-mom-dad-children-estrangement-cut-off-1739384 (from 2022, but new to me)
Bodhi 心
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Kristie
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Kier
Tokyo Outsider (337ppm)