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| Indeed, the worst we can do is to keep on identifying with the passing and ever changing vortices we call our "self". Meditation serves as a tool to gain a bit more objective approach so we aren't the victims of our mind and it's highs and lows any more. |
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| Buddha? Buddha we will all wake |
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| Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2012 4:57 am Post subject: |
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I actually have very few thoughts of on how Buddhism relates to autism. All I know is that I often make mistakes during the rituals at my Zen dojo due to clumsiness.
I don't think about enlightenment in terms of being closer or further away. It's just awareness of what is already all around you. Compassion in the Buddhist sense follows from the awareness that you are part of the wider world. It's not the same as the cognitive empathy that autistics struggle with.
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| Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2012 5:08 am Post subject: |
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| Drg wrote: | | Buddha? Buddha we will all wake |
Buddha? 
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| Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2012 5:15 am Post subject: |
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| LipstickKiller wrote: | | Unfortunately I do spend some time thinking about why I want to avoid people, but that's stemming from new realizations post-diagnosis so I expect I will stop thinking about it once I'm used to these new concepts. I'll freely admit to being self-obsessed right now, but I don't know how to curb it, it seems to get worse when I berate myself for it, so I figure I'll ride it out and try to limit the effects it has on people around me. |
I know this is an old post, but I will just say that trying to curb self-obsession makes it much worse.
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| Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2012 7:33 am Post subject: |
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You are definitely not further away from enlightenment.
Also the separation from the self that most people with AS have is what the NTs who practice Buddhism are in search of, anyway. And l think someone with AS is more likely to feel zen, which is probably more valuable than an individual connection with someone.
And l agree with the quote, most autistics are going to be very good at logically analyzing the motives behind their behavior. As smart as some NTs are, and l may not justified in describing this behavior as "smart" anyway but to me it is, many or maybe most simply cannot separate themselves from their emotions completely.
But at the same time l know what you mean about "scattered pieces" of the self. l don't know if that can be resolved through any concepts related to Buddhism or even if it should be. It can be disconcerting and it has really derailed my life in the past but l think it's tied too closely to my neurology to overcome. There is probably a way to balance it that Buddhism can aid in, though.
l'm not really into Buddhism. l've tried to get into it in the past and it has always drawn me because it appeals to the Aspie ish traits l have.
One thing that really appeals to me is the discussion of ego death, how many of the problems people have ar a result of ego attachments and how far a person can advance if they learn to let go of them. l feel like l've always been halfway there so the prospect of potential enlightenment is exciting to me.
l've always been too much of a spaz to take a serious approach but someday l will learn about Buddhism properly.
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| Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2012 11:06 am Post subject: |
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The way I see it, my emotions themselves are not disordered so much as my ability to recognise them. I still feel the same things as other people, so compassion is possible.
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