VitriolicViolet t1_jaymyfn wrote
Reply to comment by plssirnomore in Glorifying the "self" is detrimental to both the individual and the larger world. It neither helps you find your true nature, nor your role in the larger world. by waytogoal
>Assumption that mental stability is understood. Who says what is mentally stable? Is it mentally stable to do the same thing everyday, destroying the mind body and soul, to be able to purchase consumer goods, which are only desired due to advanced manipulation by cooperate entities, whose only desire is to gain material wealth on a mass scale. Is that really mental stability?
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>Is it mentally stable to pass the homeless man on the street without as much as considering that anyone of us could be that man within mere months upon losing your job? Is it mentally stable to ignore that, when you are able to understand how you would feel if another ignored you in that same situation?
yes, those things are all mentally stable, since mental stability is only measured by differing and changing mental states.
whether or not they are mentally healthy is another thing (i am mentally stable, to an extreme point, but i'm not mentally healthy)
plssirnomore t1_jazv7bs wrote
Sorry to hear that. I agree with you though, and see that a sense of self for sure makes you mentally stable. But as I understand it nothing in nature is static, and as part of nature we don't want to be too stable, especially if its in conformity to corrupt societies or systems.
Wishing you mental health and fluidity from afar.
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