I’ve heard enlightenment described as separating oneself from a mindset you are fused with.
An analogy I’ve seen is when you’re so immersed in a video game or story that you’re invested and emotionally involved as if it were real. But then you take a step back, realize that it’s not your entire existence, and its salience / importance goes back to a reasonable baseline for fiction. The deep emotional investment is gone though you may still appreciate the story.
Is that analogy accurate in your opinion? Am I mischaracterizing it?
I’ve heard enlightenment described as separating oneself from a mindset you are fused with.
Where’s the mindset that’s separated from the self?
It’s true that enlightenment involves disidentification with the self, but this is importantly different from separating from anything, let alone your thoughts.
The video game metaphor you offer is a good one, though.
I’ve heard enlightenment described as separating oneself from a mindset you are fused with.
An analogy I’ve seen is when you’re so immersed in a video game or story that you’re invested and emotionally involved as if it were real. But then you take a step back, realize that it’s not your entire existence, and its salience / importance goes back to a reasonable baseline for fiction. The deep emotional investment is gone though you may still appreciate the story.
Is that analogy accurate in your opinion? Am I mischaracterizing it?
Where’s the mindset that’s separated from the self?
It’s true that enlightenment involves disidentification with the self, but this is importantly different from separating from anything, let alone your thoughts.
The video game metaphor you offer is a good one, though.
These are good analogies. Your videogame metaphor reminds me of this post by Valentine.