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One part of being a 'realised' soul (which I certainly don't claim to be) is probably the dawning awareness that there is no such thing as a 'realised' being, one who lives in perpetual God consciousness divorced from all normal thought processes and detached from the ups and downs of human life. Any attempts to transcend human thought and mind activity are futile, and can potentially cause psychological suffering.
Loving those around you, friends and family, and having good will towards others is probably a great deal better and healthier and personally rewarding for you than sitting endless hours in meditation hoping for the mega-breakthrough that will never come. Living in a way which is harmonious to us and non-extreme seems best. I just do some meditation every day because I enjoy it, then up and off into the world outside, to interact with others, or to wallow in alcohol, which I am about to do now. And frankly, if (too much?) meditation started making me feel weird or depressive or anything of that nature, I would severely curtail it, or drop it altogether. Modified by Tempora at Thu, Nov 04, 2004, 08:55:59 |
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