You can't fully escape conditioning unless you're unconscious; you can only get better at recognizing it in real time, and loosening its grip. That's not to say you can't shed specific conditions -- but you'll always be replacing it with other conditions.
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Yeah. This is a big part of the archaic metaphysics that needs a reckoning imo. To be fair, it doesn't seem to be that big of a problem in Western Buddhism afaict. Bernie Glassman's approach seems more typical, and an appropriate update for American life.
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The dharma will be at its peak when the West is good at calling Buddhism on its bullshit, and vice versa. Though the flip-side of Western Buddhism dumping everything it finds too mystical is that it makes you wonder if there are useful parts that we just don't understand yet.
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Unfortunately, nobody can claim to know how deep reality works.
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I like it better that way. Way more fun.
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