Maddie

Well thank you! :-). That is a great compliment. I am of the opinion of don't tell me how much you have cultivated, rather show me.

Actually if we are going to be doing a trans Q&A I think talking about the topic of trolls is a pretty relevant one. It is actually very common for trans people to get trolled. What the trolls do is often they will try to appear to be asking legitimate questions but the intent is malicious. One way to tell is that no matter how many questions you answer they keep pressing their point to under mind you. They very often open statements with phrases like "I don't mean to be offensive" and the proceed to be offensive. It's not really that difficult to distinguish people that are genuine from trolls. They will also often ask non-questions, like "why do you think being trans is a real thing" or something to that effect.

There's a big difference between questions and answers and trolling somebody. I think those of us that are lgbtq+ can understand the difference between sincere questions and trolling pretty quickly.

That's exactly what was going on.

Absolutely because Western cultures are shaped by Abrahamic religions which tend to operate on absolence and extremes.

That's why I made this thread.

I'm starting to think you're trolling me. I'm not going to talk to you anymore.

If you were letting it go you wouldn't have said anything. Projecting much?

Lol that's funny because that's exactly how it felt then and feels now. You're good lol.

I'll let you judge for yourself. On the right was the last picture I took of myself as a guy before I started transitioning. On the left is a picture I took a couple weeks ago.

Love this!

I feel like the TTC is much more gender ambiguous than our modern society is. Also even though I identify as a Buddhist lately I absolutely prefer reading the TTC.

That literally made me laugh out loud 😂

I like this little subgroup. We need a section called the queer bums 🌈 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️lol. Jk last thing we need is another subsection I think at this point LOL 😂

Wu wei ☯️

Sometimes the things just are.

Before. My energy has always been feminine. I got told I was girly all the time as a kid in school.

I find this interesting because back when I was doing these kinds of practices I thought the LDT was relatively simple to access and activate but I always have had a lot of issue with the MDT but I had never heard anyone articulate this and it's interesting to think about now.

I doubt any of us see ourselves the way other people see us. That being said I doubt it's even possible to see somebody as they see themselves. It's not what's required. I would just say it's a good to be respectful of other people which you definitely seem to be.

You make it sound like it's a problem that needs to be solved when it's not.

Oh geez I wish I did. I've read so many of them I just remember coming across this one time a few years ago.

It's not a philosophy. It's an existence. I think that's where you're confused.

I feel like any sincere question is reasonable here for the most part since that was the whole point of this thread. The Buddha actually said that one of the things that determines the gender that someone is born as is the type of identification that they clung to in their past life. He said there was a male identifying mind and a female identifying mind. It's interesting that he always spoke of it as the mind and not the body. He said at some point a male identifying mind can change to a female identifying mind and that a female identifying mind can change to a male identifying mind. As far as energy goes if we're using energy to describe psychological traits I can say I've definitely become more gentle and sensitive and compassionate since I started transitioning and taking female hormones.

So you're comparing being trans to being an alcoholic? You should realize psychology considers alcoholism a disease, while it prescribes transitioning to people with gender dysphoria.

Sometimes when the world is debating the legitimacy of your existence you just need to have a cup of tea LOL.- the tao of trans chapter 8 ☕ 😌🩷