Detached Indignation
Detached Indignation
Situations or events occur in which one becomes directly or indirectly the target of the recklessness of others. Obviously, being a target is also a choice and it is a game that, in order to stand, implies our participation. When you are the target of other people's ignorance, it is because you are affected by the same "disease". These situations can be things that affect us personally with acquaintances or events that involve us as participants in a company.
Ignorance and recklessness are part of existence and it happens to everyone and has happened to become promoters of them. When you look at them, it is not even right to "not take it personally" and be fiercely distant. In this case, detachment is not wisdom but coldness. I therefore suggest to myself and friends to practice detached indignation. Obviously, sometimes we are punching the reckless person on the nose, for real or metaphorically.
However, getting angry, hating them or indulging in recrimination makes no sense because we end up nourishing what bothers us in others.
Sometimes we get angry because we need the recognition and applause of others but, in these cases I emphasize that being indifferent to the opinion that others have of you, provides a feeling of liberation and priceless invulnerability.
I believe that the practice of detached indignation is equivalent to "action not action" or a sublime feeling.
m.m.