Post by Della Wren on Mar 17, 2023 10:21:24 GMT -6
Because of the nature of this board and the topics that we'll be talking about, I need to lay some ground rules here.
The purpose of this board is not to have the ego debates about right and wrong, good or bad. There is plenty of that in the world and you're welcome to go find it. The purpose of this board is to get up and out of the ego debates and try to see things clearly from both directions.
We all have individual opinions. That's normal and it's a human thing to do. However, we also have a tendency to get too identified with and attached to our opinions. This causes the fighting we see on social media. It's what takes a discussion from civilized and calm to violent and insulting.
I'm not here to debate the correctness of the things that I see in the world. I'm here to offer a perspective that allows people to stay out of the pain of what they see. The idea is to create some space between us and the issues we see around us. It's not to dissociate from reality. It's to create healthy boundaries with the world around us. When you take any issue in too deeply it will cause pain. It doesn't matter what the cause is or which side of that cause you might be on; the pain is true for everybody.
I may or may not make my own personal opinion obvious in anything I post because my opinion is not the purpose or the point of the discussion. I ask that if you do figure out what my opinion is, that you don't sign up just to argue with me about it. The idea is to question the beliefs that we have and to understand why these different beliefs cause pain.
Let's all do our best to keep our egos out of it.
Love to all.
Della
The purpose of this board is not to have the ego debates about right and wrong, good or bad. There is plenty of that in the world and you're welcome to go find it. The purpose of this board is to get up and out of the ego debates and try to see things clearly from both directions.
We all have individual opinions. That's normal and it's a human thing to do. However, we also have a tendency to get too identified with and attached to our opinions. This causes the fighting we see on social media. It's what takes a discussion from civilized and calm to violent and insulting.
I'm not here to debate the correctness of the things that I see in the world. I'm here to offer a perspective that allows people to stay out of the pain of what they see. The idea is to create some space between us and the issues we see around us. It's not to dissociate from reality. It's to create healthy boundaries with the world around us. When you take any issue in too deeply it will cause pain. It doesn't matter what the cause is or which side of that cause you might be on; the pain is true for everybody.
I may or may not make my own personal opinion obvious in anything I post because my opinion is not the purpose or the point of the discussion. I ask that if you do figure out what my opinion is, that you don't sign up just to argue with me about it. The idea is to question the beliefs that we have and to understand why these different beliefs cause pain.
Let's all do our best to keep our egos out of it.
Love to all.
Della