This thread should be required reading for anyone considering any kind of serious meditation practice. Yes, meditation works. Yes, awakening is real. But sign on the dotted line before you hurt yourself.https://twitter.com/euvieivanova/status/982981406279258112 …
Can you elaborate on what "mind breaking" means, and how it differs from "awakening"? I'm not sure I understand what you mean.
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I've actually seen this happen to many people. They have an experience that they consider "transcendent" and believe that they are now "awakened." But most of these people have simply had a break with reality and need intense therapy or hospitalization.
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I don't doubt that this happens regularly. Still though, awakening - whatever the hell that means - is not always a pleasant experience that's followed by endless bliss. I don't think those claims are mutually exclusive.
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For me, "awakening" is waking up from the illusion. Meditative experiences, positive or negative, belong to the realm of duality, and though helpful, are not awakening. I see that other people think of it differently, and I can accept that. But i respectfully disagree.
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