An Experiment

[errantember]

Today I'm going to stay out of other people's heads. Until I go to bed, as soon as I catch myself imagining what someone else is thinking, I will stop.

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[errantember.livejournal.com]

After letting that sit for a while, one angle I'm seeing is the Power of Now-style differentiation between one's thoughts and oneself. A person's thought's aren't themselves. Caring mainly about their thoughts is objectifying in the same way that caring about any other abstract aspect of a person, like their appearance or their contribution to one's life or their financial status. Caring about the whole person is a much bigger thing.