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This was somewhat vague. What specific techniques have you used during your healing process. You could elaborate on different therapy methods, emotion management techniques or any specific meditation methods that helped you. Any other physical/psychological methods used. Please name them. Thanks. @jimrich what happened ???

I read about it. Difficult to comprehend though. But what I got is it means a state between duality of perception and non perception. Like if one is focused verry narrowly that one feels like they have escaped perception or entered emptiness but at the same time their focus is so broad that they are unable to identify or notice that they are experiencing emptiness. So they sorta dangle between and so its easy to confuse with real enlightenment. All I got.

What is that ?

@Esoteric Its incredibly narrow minded for him to say that given the well-known benefits of mindfulness. If you wish to know in detail you could refer to Jon Kabat Zinn. This guy has a lot to say on the subject. Just because somebody is regarded intelligent and superior in their field of work, doesn't automatically translate as perfection in every arena of life. There are blind spots to every teacher, guru, philosopher, academician. Its just shows that one should rational and objective thinking and factual study and not simply rely on the name or rank of an individual.

Happy for ya.

I was having some insights during my meditation yesterday and this thought came to mind. The trajectory of self development should start at an early stage in life. People come full circle, they go through a lot, they give into everything bad, they fall into traps and get involved with a lot of wrong things in life and finally they have enough profound realizations and they start sifting through all the ways of life, and start gaining a perspective. By this time, they're pretty old already and they have missed out on too much. They sometimes regret the naivety that caused them to lead astray in their youth. Therefore, it's important to start your Pd journey at an early stage in life, as early as in teenage years. Because it takes a long time to hone your skills and come to a level ground.

@Joseph Maynor I do agree with certain things you wrote. But too many mistakes could ruin a life. A balance needs to be struck. Also the pd journey itself is littered with its own twists and turns, confusions, realizations and experiences. Its not a sheltered approach always. But some grounding does help save a lot of trouble and reduces the risk of committing huge errors, mistakes that are sometimes irreparable or irredeemable.

I Btw it's a little difficult to quote you. Please try single quoting.

@SOULThat's ok. @Prabhaker Thanks.

Love is the driver that drives the world. Love makes the world go round. But love is not to be taken lightly. Because love is the only force that unites the world. When we're on our spiritual path, we realize that we have lower needs conditioned by society that we keep struggling to fulfill in a hamster on a wheel lifestyle. But as we grow, we begin to have higher needs based on unconditional love and compassion. Only that brings true peace and bliss !

I remember this video so well, this was a South Asian guy, forgot his name. This video touched me so deep. I wish everything in this world was made that simple. You sharing that video brought back memories.

@Revolutionary Think Yes I can definitely relate to it. I too come from a strict traditional religious family and I'm a freespirit and I don't like to be under a constant feeling of constraint. It's the stubbornness and generation gap that's a huge problem and for evey little thing I need to sit hours to convince them. There's just too much pressure to conform. I think the problem goes beyond impulsivity. Its also aggression on the internet that is escalating at a massive rate. Just potential aggressors everywhere you see. You want to say something. They take it out of context and cause unnecessary provocation. I call them aggressors. They aggravate and escalate every situation instead of logically solving the problem. What you call tribalism is what I call vertical peer pressure. It's like peer pressure which is kind of passed from top to bottom. A lot of elders don't think logically about the situation, because they are subconsciously trained to believe that life is static and you can see they're more interested in fulfilling lower needs vs higher needs. This is a big problem I face in my family. I try to convince them that I have higher needs of spirituality,consciousness and actualization but they get angry because for them, survival is the highest goal so they don't understand my needs.

Long ??...so what happened because of the subtle ego.

So what problems does the East have to face due to this belief that ego is a disease ?

@Joseph Maynor I have studied about nietzsche but like to study more in depth about him . Others - Taoism Heidegger Spinoza and Satre are my favorites but I already know enough about them. I am curious about Seneca and Epictetus.

@TJ Reeves Important post. Thumbs up.

Well I do believe it works and it's fascinating to say the least. There are mysteries of life that are way beyond human comprehension. What do you think ?

@Sri McDonald Trump Maharaj This book is very important for me. I'm an Hsp too.

Then what about identity ?

I sometimes Think that the mind is the body.

Mainstream news is very toxic. I was addicted to it for a while. This was last year when the elections were on. I had to finally pull the plug. I only watch occasionally now. The media is very manipulative and overbearing. But You gotta watch sometimes To know about major events across the globe. But don't give into the rhetoric that is fed to you. I watch National Geographic and Animal Planet. Thats a good dose of watching for me. History channel, Id, Discovery, Oxygen are good options.

The context is important. he exists in my soul.

@Key Elements Haha. They all got a black eye.

@sweater Quit Rsd. I don't believe in it. Just my opinion.

What mental mechanism or technique you used to snap back to your plan ?