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RE: There Are Two Kinds Of Filter Bubble On Steemit - Which One Are You In?
I've been slowly losing my filter for a long while now. I'm open to any topic, any art, any kind of conversation. Even engaged positively with a troll until they begrudgingly said I did good work...and because of them, managed to get myself on the trending page. Sometimes it's about letting ego go and just embracing the flow of things. That's not to say "be a lemming" - far from it! I'm not going to be "nuggetized" as your tag states - which is why my blog is everywhere. It touches on every aspect of me. My feed is a reflection of that, and the growth of my followers tells me I may be on the right track. :)
It’s not an easy journey but it’s a journey that you can’t avoid for long because there is bound to come a point where the negative ego hits the threshold of imbalance, creating suffering which directly triggers the need for growth. When I say it’s not an easy journey I just mean that it can be physically fatiguing to deal with this intense play of energy (the negative ego has a strong force) within you, to go through a period of feeling a bit “dysfunctional” because you are in a limbo between the negative ego and the inner being, to see several parts of your external reality (that were fueled by the negative ego) dissolving, to deal with the fear of uncertainty created by being in this limbo. Frankly, this journey is one of the best adventures you can ever be on, it’s something you wish you could avoid when you are going through it but something you know you didn’t want to miss when you are done with it. It leaves you a different person.
I can absolutely agree with everything you said, but being an Aspie, the entire world around me feels dysfunctional until I journey out into uncomfortable places and make it comfortable...or at least bearable. For me, there is always an imbalance. Interacting, being sociable (in real life engagements), even smiling sometimes, is all physically exhausting. My nature is to stay in the dark place and lash out - but I've had to nurture a more positive stance to find balance and put suffering and negativity in its place. But you're right - I am a different person - a better person - because of the battle.
As so by Steemit, we are all transformed into better people :)