3/6 Then Culadasa talks in depth about a series of synchronous personal events that lead him to uncover self-destructive behavior that persisted post-awakening. From my perspective, this points to some very tangible ways to start tackling some of our far-too-common 'guru' abuse.
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4/6 One of those synchronous pillars also hints at the psychotherapeutic potential of using a plurality of distinct personalities to understand and work with trauma & general mental health - a topic I've been deeply intrigued by for years now.
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@OortCloudAtlas notes that some of this personality work seems to be found in Vajrayana. I'm no expert, but I get the sense that tantric practice has a lot to say about psych dev. Yet, it seems to be primarily focused on post-stream-entry. Thoughts/Corrections?
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It's not so much that Vajrayana is for stream-enterers specifically, but that it's made for non-monks; people with lives, mates, jobs, kids, etc. So the psychological component is much more fully and usefully addressed, IMO.
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That makes perfect sense, I suppose I was referring more narrowly to much of the emotional work I've found in Vajrayana (mostly Trungpa writings & Aro Lineage) starting with an understanding of emptiness that I'm not sure exists pre-stream-entry. Would love
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This poses difficult epistemological problems. There's the textbook answer, but it's not clear what it means in practice. Some vague conceptual and/or everyday experiential understanding of emptiness might be adequate as a base; how would we find out?
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That aside, "stream entry" (whatever that means—it's pretty unclear!) now seems like a relatively low bar, or much lower than it was historically, since modern Mahasi-derived practice leads to it fairly quickly in many cases.
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Mahasi Sayadaw is a higher bar than many internet forums would make one believe. It's actually a pretty high bar, and maintains the standard theravada fetters model.
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Yes… this is one reason I expressed doubt about the meaning of “stream entry.” There’s serious epistemological questions there (as well as ontological ones of course). Lots of people say they’ve achieved it; what does that mean, and how could anyone know?
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It's still the case there are solid causal criteria (i.e. incapable of performing action X) listed in pali canons and commentaries. The internet has made this erowid trip reports when it's actually about the causes and conditions that give rise to self(/-oriented behaviors)
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Yup. I’ve observed this also.
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