tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post2823249012915443265..comments2023-09-21T09:49:28.326-07:00Comments on Fierce Dandelions: Despair Isn't All About "You"Nathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13920234350446745482noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-20133495908548476872012-09-14T06:11:52.505-07:002012-09-14T06:11:52.505-07:00I'm skeptical that it's nuclear power or t...I'm skeptical that it's nuclear power or the destruction of the planet that is actually making me feel the way I feel. And I support just meeting whatever comes up, and supporting others to do that, too.<br /><br />So, when I'm having a bad day, I think about alaya vijana, and I'm convinced. I don't see it as a reduction treatment, but instead as an expansion treatment, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-29710512537485357412012-09-13T12:59:23.754-07:002012-09-13T12:59:23.754-07:00Yep, well said. Yep, well said. Nathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13920234350446745482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-42482953913115076542012-09-13T05:39:02.345-07:002012-09-13T05:39:02.345-07:00I think this tendency to label despair as a person...I think this tendency to label despair as a personal malady is just another manifestation of Western individualism. Western society is all about the individual and about personal responsibility. If you succeed it's through individual effort. If you don't, well, that's your problem. We don't acknowledge that we're all in this together.spldbchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05505641654468777964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-61648804323317429332012-09-12T16:07:17.154-07:002012-09-12T16:07:17.154-07:00That is a good point. I do think some our despair ...That is a good point. I do think some our despair comes from thinking too big, and then feeling helpless. Gotta burn through that to see the broom. <br /><br />On the other hand, I do think some of the despair is simply grief over disappearing species, trees, clean water, mountain tops ... and wondering if the planet or people are doomed. This side of it can be there even when someone has burned Nathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13920234350446745482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-63482435226943623372012-09-12T11:06:32.172-07:002012-09-12T11:06:32.172-07:00People think too big, when they think of changing ...People think too big, when they think of changing things like the environment. I very much like the story of how the students of Shunryu Suzuki were debating passionately whether the hot tubs should be nude or co-op, stuff like that. He listened. Finally someone asked him what he thought. He said something like, "I think that broom should be stood on its head. Storing it with the bristles Jeanne Desyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07800258273705288582noreply@blogger.com