I think about this a lot as for several years it was a personal journey/project of mine to stop seeking permission--it was a way I was raised and only in adulthood did I realize it was effed up, even when disguised as behaviors like"achieving" or "being ambitious". It was still a form of, 'can I do what I really want, if I satisfy you that I am worthy in this other arena?' The desire for approval and permission can be masked by all kinds of socially accepted stances.
Unlearning those habits took practice, but I unlearned them for one of the same reasons you list--it is abnegation of the self, a license to abuse and kill, to be abused and be killed.
Oct 13, 2022·edited Oct 14, 2022Liked by Navyo Ericsen
Perfectly expressed.
It melds perfectly with the turning point in woke arising (and waking to woke, I hope): complete abdication of personal authority, autonomy and agency, with the woke in particular seemingly stuck around the age of two in their capacity to think and by the explosive narcissistic idiocy they spew when confronted.
Like you I don't feel enervated by seeing what is, although some people around me feel exhausted by even considering what might be true. The opposite for me. The more I act to see actively what is happening, the more alive and connected and optimistic I am. The I Ching puts it perfectly, slightly paraphrased:
When we are faced with an obstacle that is to be overcome, weakness and impatience can do nothing. Only strong individuals can stand up to their fate, for their inner security enables them to endure to the end. This strength shows itself in uncompromising truthfulness with themselves. It is only when we have the courage to face things exactly as they are, without any sort of self deception or illusion, that the light will develop out of events by which the path to success may be recognised.
You have pinpointed a central condition of our enslavement. Truly, when we seek permission we surrender our sovereignty, our freedom, and our humanity.
Insightful and true; and it comes at a significant point in time. The worm is turning, especially here in Canada where the new Premier of Alberta, Danielle Smith, called us unvaxxed 'the most oppressed minority in Canadian history'. Oh the screaming ....it was wonderful to behold. Thank you for this clear eyed piece, Navyo.
Great piece, thank-you for writing it.
I think about this a lot as for several years it was a personal journey/project of mine to stop seeking permission--it was a way I was raised and only in adulthood did I realize it was effed up, even when disguised as behaviors like"achieving" or "being ambitious". It was still a form of, 'can I do what I really want, if I satisfy you that I am worthy in this other arena?' The desire for approval and permission can be masked by all kinds of socially accepted stances.
Unlearning those habits took practice, but I unlearned them for one of the same reasons you list--it is abnegation of the self, a license to abuse and kill, to be abused and be killed.
Perfectly expressed.
It melds perfectly with the turning point in woke arising (and waking to woke, I hope): complete abdication of personal authority, autonomy and agency, with the woke in particular seemingly stuck around the age of two in their capacity to think and by the explosive narcissistic idiocy they spew when confronted.
Like you I don't feel enervated by seeing what is, although some people around me feel exhausted by even considering what might be true. The opposite for me. The more I act to see actively what is happening, the more alive and connected and optimistic I am. The I Ching puts it perfectly, slightly paraphrased:
When we are faced with an obstacle that is to be overcome, weakness and impatience can do nothing. Only strong individuals can stand up to their fate, for their inner security enables them to endure to the end. This strength shows itself in uncompromising truthfulness with themselves. It is only when we have the courage to face things exactly as they are, without any sort of self deception or illusion, that the light will develop out of events by which the path to success may be recognised.
I Ching 5 Hsu p.25 Baynes/Wilhelm
Thank you.
You have pinpointed a central condition of our enslavement. Truly, when we seek permission we surrender our sovereignty, our freedom, and our humanity.
Insightful and true; and it comes at a significant point in time. The worm is turning, especially here in Canada where the new Premier of Alberta, Danielle Smith, called us unvaxxed 'the most oppressed minority in Canadian history'. Oh the screaming ....it was wonderful to behold. Thank you for this clear eyed piece, Navyo.
Great, thanks.