This monkey feels quite overstimulated in Bangkok.
How can people think in this chaos? ...do they?
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My experience of "everyday life" has become so much more intense since all the meditation last year.
I had to stop drinking alcohol because it felt too much for my mind.
The things that most people accept as normal seem ridiculous now.
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Alcohol is a funny example. I find I now enjoy drinking a lot more, but in smaller doses.
The buzz is captivating.
Cigarettes, OTOH, are too disgusting now to even contemplate.
I once had a meditation teacher guide me through two different drinking practices. Some people find this abhorrent, but this lesson continues to be surprisingly helpful in many domains.
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Mmh. Certain forms of cultivation are remarkably sticky - they maintain even in the depths of intoxication. Vamachara is dangerous, but powerful.
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