Habryka framed the Gendlin litany as a stoic meditation, which made me dislike it a bit less. i.e, it’s something you say to yourself to help make it true that you can endure the truth, by choosing to adopt a frame where the truth is already out there. (not sure if habryka exactly endorses this summary)
The main issue I then have with it (through this frame) is it says “people can endure what is true”, rather than “I can endure what’s true” – “people” sounds like it’s making a claim about the external world, rather than a mantra I’m repeating to myself. (Although I can imagine a reading where the “people” is still directed inward rather than outward)
I guess put another way, further steelmanning the original version: the fact that people can stand what’s true, doesn’t mean that they do stand what’s true. You can be reminding yourself of what’s possible, and committing to cleave towards the truth and be the sort of the person who will stand what’s true by framing it as something you’re already enduring.
Habryka framed the Gendlin litany as a stoic meditation, which made me dislike it a bit less. i.e, it’s something you say to yourself to help make it true that you can endure the truth, by choosing to adopt a frame where the truth is already out there. (not sure if habryka exactly endorses this summary)
The main issue I then have with it (through this frame) is it says “people can endure what is true”, rather than “I can endure what’s true” – “people” sounds like it’s making a claim about the external world, rather than a mantra I’m repeating to myself. (Although I can imagine a reading where the “people” is still directed inward rather than outward)
I guess put another way, further steelmanning the original version: the fact that people can stand what’s true, doesn’t mean that they do stand what’s true. You can be reminding yourself of what’s possible, and committing to cleave towards the truth and be the sort of the person who will stand what’s true by framing it as something you’re already enduring.