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Ian Welsh
@iwelsh
however, awakening is largely a matter of "letting go". When I let go of thinking of my personality as me, for example (a genuine awakening) it opened up the possibility for a lot of personality change, made me tons happier, etc...
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Ian Welsh
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anything you either try to push away or pull closer/cling to will tend to be very hard to either get rid of or change. Attempts to get rid of bad stuff are interpreted by the mind as "this is still important, better keep bringing it up." (The Mind is kind of an asshole.)
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Cinder
@Triquetrea
Ok, serious comment: you weren't doing any vipassana-esque practice? I've been stuck on highly realized concentration practice. Not *as* realized as you're describing, but the problems were identical.
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Cinder
@Triquetrea
Sounds like you did what I did: delved too deep without shoring up other, necessary skills. I think some traditions do the same, but they tend to come plastered with DANGER: DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME.
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Cinder
@Triquetrea
Yeah, same. My hunch: if you want to get some of the stuff you wanted, do a lot of insight practice. Doesn't matter about the tradition.* You should not need much concentration work, but some would be good.** * Is my hunch. ** Which is super well-informed!
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