2026-02-13
31 分钟You said that in Buddhism they talk about an emptiness,
which is kind of this realizing that life isn't so solid and your identity is a mirage and all these kinds of things.
It almost sounded like that's the opposite of like victimhood because.
When we think about victimhood, it is, I create an identity for myself,
and then I create a story around that identity,
which has suffered some kind of injustice, and then I kind of live out that injustice.
How does Buddhism think about victimhood and identity and trauma, I guess?
So, of course, we identify incredibly strongly with our past, and we,
in so many ways, are prisoners of what has happened to us in our past.
And it's totally understandable, of course, but...
Buddhism brings in a whole fresh perspective, which is that you are not your past.
I mean, even on a physical level, every cell in your body has changed and your mind has changed.
You are right now in the present.
The past is an illusion, as is the future.
And we spend so much time in the past and future or trying to manipulate the present.
Whereas with meditation, you're learning to be in the now and not...
It doesn't mean you don't plan or don't remember,
but you're learning to cling less to the past and future.
And you're learning to cling less or hold less to the idea that things are really as solid
as you think they are.