DrKikiAnyone else exploring the space of releasing the ego & trying to figure out what the eff that means for navigating the future? Like how can I be jealous of the cool kids when I could be a mentor? And, how can I be helpful when everything is on fire? I mean... I am Gen X, so there is some experience there. But, I am so ready to chill, and figure out how life works when you put the Type A personality to bed.
resipiscent@Drkiki "Forms are avoided in favor of subjective states. Rituals evade narcissistic interiority, the ego-libido, serial-perception."
Everyone is a producer, self is the product. "Producere (Lat.)" like the French " produire" means "playing to the gallery." The ego-libido exploits itself voluntarily and passionately, optimizing itself to death, depression or burnout. Depression is relation to Self, ritual is relation to World, de-psychologizing and de-internalizing the ego."
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"In a culture of raging narcissism, playfulness disappears, and life loses its cheerfulness and exuberence. The culture retreats from the holy sphere of play...the holy seriousness of play gives way to the profane seriousness of work..."
from "Disappearance of Ritual" -Byung Chul-Han