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It is my view that in committing to self-work one will inevitably be confronted with their own (and others') patheticness. Other than general inadequecy and powerlessness, what is the true nature of something pathetic? What causes patheticness?
The other day I realized that Apathetic is called such as it must be the opposite of Pathetic, which led me to the conclusion of their polarity is one of emotional-investment
Apathetic: Being non-emotionally invested in something to the point of vacancy and non-action. Making no action with no reason to.
Pathetic: Being overly-emotionally invested in something to the point of redundancy but with action. Making action but with useless result and leading to over-exposure of existing idiocy
Makes sense to me. We become pathetic when we are emotionally-invested in attaining something that we don't have the Guts to really attain. Maybe it is something which only makes sense in our minds but is not something we truly deserve nor truly fitting for us to have. Being possessed by the lust with no self-awareness only exposes our existing deficiency.
The solution comes via relaxing the fixation and investement on the unattainable thing in question and finding more meaningful goals and more creative and empowered ways of going about attaining them.
Comments?
The other day I realized that Apathetic is called such as it must be the opposite of Pathetic, which led me to the conclusion of their polarity is one of emotional-investment
Apathetic: Being non-emotionally invested in something to the point of vacancy and non-action. Making no action with no reason to.
Pathetic: Being overly-emotionally invested in something to the point of redundancy but with action. Making action but with useless result and leading to over-exposure of existing idiocy
Makes sense to me. We become pathetic when we are emotionally-invested in attaining something that we don't have the Guts to really attain. Maybe it is something which only makes sense in our minds but is not something we truly deserve nor truly fitting for us to have. Being possessed by the lust with no self-awareness only exposes our existing deficiency.
The solution comes via relaxing the fixation and investement on the unattainable thing in question and finding more meaningful goals and more creative and empowered ways of going about attaining them.
Comments?
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Re: On Being Pathetic
Tue, July 14, 2009 - 2:08 PMI think part of any real self-work will expose us to the limitations of what we actually can and cannot do, that is, if we are totally honest with ourselves. For example, I think it's natural to feel helpless in the face of any apparently insurmountable odds. The trick is not falling prey to Poor Baby self-victimization by confusing our feelings of helplessness for actually being helpless. This confusion easily brings us to the bended knees of patheticness squared.
Apathy expresses a symptom of the immobilization of the will and can result after any outside shock that delivers a serious blow to our self-confidence. Apathy signals a "why bother?" loss of self-confidence and energy so necessary to facing life's challenges and the solving of our own problems. Apathy can also be instructive by the perception and receptivity it can bring unless, of course, this apathy is also tainted by negative emotions such as cynicism, bitterness, avarice, envy, resentment, guilt, etc. -
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Re: On Being Pathetic
Tue, July 14, 2009 - 2:15 PMA few more notes on this fascinating topic. Some kinds of apathy can simply result from an increasing awareness of powers far greater than our ego, whether that be big government or big religion or big spiritual experiences, coloring our personalities with pathos. The exception to this pathetic disposition may be the degree we have accepted the absurdity of life and can laugh at our so-called spiritual life. -
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Re: On Being Pathetic
Tue, July 14, 2009 - 8:38 PM> Some kinds of apathy can simply result from an increasing awareness of powers far greater than our ego, whether that be big government or big religion or big spiritual experiences
Apathy. Because some shit simply isn't worth worrying about.
where's that create-your-own-motivational-poster website when you need it?
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