One place this feels really true for me is my emotions in relation to others, and even more so in the internalized emotions I’ve gotten from society (like the things I feel shame about).
When I look at my emotions in relation to others, the places I belong, the things I care about, the things I feel shame or guilt or belong or acceptance about, and really stare at them… they begin to dissolve, like a mirage. It seems like a lot of the things I’ve been told “matter”, I’ve been told to care about, aren’t really based on this ground truth level. There’s no there there.
One place this feels really true for me is my emotions in relation to others, and even more so in the internalized emotions I’ve gotten from society (like the things I feel shame about).
When I look at my emotions in relation to others, the places I belong, the things I care about, the things I feel shame or guilt or belong or acceptance about, and really stare at them… they begin to dissolve, like a mirage. It seems like a lot of the things I’ve been told “matter”, I’ve been told to care about, aren’t really based on this ground truth level. There’s no there there.