this leapt out to me in particular: "Honesty is paramount. Be intense, but not brutally harsh."
and also, i think it was an alan watts talk i was listening to where he shared a story of a zen master answering the question "do you believe in god" this way:
Great read! Your reminder not to take things so seriously came at a perfect moment in my life.
I've always been afraid of being contrarían. I think because many people take it too far. They use it as an excuse to be cruel towards others.
But after reading this I might give it a try and unleash my inner heyoka
I can't think of any examples of controlled contraríans, but after reading this
love it!
this leapt out to me in particular: "Honesty is paramount. Be intense, but not brutally harsh."
and also, i think it was an alan watts talk i was listening to where he shared a story of a zen master answering the question "do you believe in god" this way:
"if you do, i don't. if you don't, i do."
PS thanks for sharing all this, matt!