Comments on: A Freudian Slip? http://japanlifeandreligion.com/2010/06/08/a-freudian-slip/ My life as a father, Buddhist and Japanophile. Fri, 10 Jun 2011 15:44:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Doug http://japanlifeandreligion.com/2010/06/08/a-freudian-slip/#comment-4199 Doug Tue, 15 Jun 2010 05:39:41 +0000 http://japanlifeandreligion.com/?p=8014#comment-4199 Hi Kendall, Yeah, there's a whole lot in Buddhism that shows how people most of the time aren't really paying attention to reality around them, and have formed a kind of dream-like overlay to everything we see. This illusion or dream-like filter is a composite of our own experiences, cultivated habits and thought patterns. Often times, getting to the truth, as you show, can be "enlightening". :) Hi Kendall,

Yeah, there’s a whole lot in Buddhism that shows how people most of the time aren’t really paying attention to reality around them, and have formed a kind of dream-like overlay to everything we see. This illusion or dream-like filter is a composite of our own experiences, cultivated habits and thought patterns. Often times, getting to the truth, as you show, can be “enlightening”. :)

]]> By: Kendall http://japanlifeandreligion.com/2010/06/08/a-freudian-slip/#comment-4192 Kendall Sun, 13 Jun 2010 20:26:38 +0000 http://japanlifeandreligion.com/?p=8014#comment-4192 This is something I've seen quite a bit in life, from myself, and in others. Often it comes in the form of believing you know someone's intentions or what they're thinking when they do something, then treating them differently based on yours thoughts. Often, what they believe others are thinking, is wrong (unless you're psychic) and treating them differently is simply foolish. I've found myself getting aggregated with someone because they didn't act or respond the way I thought they should, and later I get aggregated with myself for being so foolish in thinking I know how they should respond. I find people are more simple than the reality I create in my mind makes them out to be. Even knowing this, I'm sure I'll continue to do it from time-to-time, but hopefully I'll become faster at recognizing it and countering it. This is something I’ve seen quite a bit in life, from myself, and in others. Often it comes in the form of believing you know someone’s intentions or what they’re thinking when they do something, then treating them differently based on yours thoughts. Often, what they believe others are thinking, is wrong (unless you’re psychic) and treating them differently is simply foolish.

I’ve found myself getting aggregated with someone because they didn’t act or respond the way I thought they should, and later I get aggregated with myself for being so foolish in thinking I know how they should respond.

I find people are more simple than the reality I create in my mind makes them out to be. Even knowing this, I’m sure I’ll continue to do it from time-to-time, but hopefully I’ll become faster at recognizing it and countering it.

]]> By: Doug http://japanlifeandreligion.com/2010/06/08/a-freudian-slip/#comment-4180 Doug Tue, 08 Jun 2010 16:25:17 +0000 http://japanlifeandreligion.com/?p=8014#comment-4180 Thank you, sir. Blog post has been corrected. Yeah, I enjoy this book quite a bit, due to it's light nature, and many quotables. Thank you, sir. Blog post has been corrected. Yeah, I enjoy this book quite a bit, due to it’s light nature, and many quotables.

]]> By: Jeff http://japanlifeandreligion.com/2010/06/08/a-freudian-slip/#comment-4179 Jeff Tue, 08 Jun 2010 13:15:26 +0000 http://japanlifeandreligion.com/?p=8014#comment-4179 Slight typo here: "a person in your position. . ." Summertime is always a good time to re-read Tsurezuregusa. Slight typo here: “a person in your position. . .”

Summertime is always a good time to re-read Tsurezuregusa.

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