July
@july
As I grow older, I realize how much my youth shaped my worldview and how it is increasingly becoming difficult to change or form anew I find myself fused (often irrationally) to them in different ways, esp when it comes to ideas / rituals that are close to who I am I am surprised to find myself not disliking that
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moreReese
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If you’re okay with sharing in this forum, I’d be curious to hear what some of those perceived irrational fusions to worldviews are and if there are identifiable patterns you can trace back to specific periods of your youth
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moreReese
@morereese
For example, I am fused to a perceived irrational worldview around absolute value systems (eg notions of good and bad) that I can very specifically trace back to catholic education in my youth. Sometimes the fusion serves me, sometimes it hurts me. But it’s persistently present
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July
@july
I don't see the irrational worldview that I have as a negative thing, more it is part of a lens that allows me to uniquely see the world in a way that is personally unique to me. There are elements of what I was exposed to in my youth that has ofc contributed to this, but I also wonder how much of it was due to nature
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July
@july
Specifically as I write this I'm reminded of Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell as he describes Mythos/Myths as a gateway to the indescribable. Logos/Reason has been the predominant way to explain so much of our world, and it isn't to negate that - I'm just realizing there's so much that is much harder to describe
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