The Antidote to Nihilistic Narcissism
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“He’ll have a long life as long as he doesn’t know himself.”
In Greek mythology, this was the prophecy concerning ...
A bit of a tangent here but to stick with the parenting stuff:
In Hinduism Ganesha (the elephant god son of Shiva and Parvati) found himself by learning from his parents directly.
Kartikeya (brother of Ganesha) instead traveled the world and found his identity without relying on his parents.
Ganesha had a much better sense of self as a result of this. He was in tune with who he was and as a result people gravitated to him. In Hinduism he is known as the remover of obstacles.
Kartikeya instead became the god of war.
Good parenting definitely played a role in this lol.
In Hinduism Ganesha (the elephant god son of Shiva and Parvati) found himself by learning from his parents directly.
Kartikeya (brother of Ganesha) instead traveled the world and found his identity without relying on his parents.
Ganesha had a much better sense of self as a result of this. He was in tune with who he was and as a result people gravitated to him. In Hinduism he is known as the remover of obstacles.
Kartikeya instead became the god of war.
Good parenting definitely played a role in this lol.