Starting to think the whole thing certain meditators go on about with the self - it's a "crutch", an "anchor" or whatever - is not too far wrong.
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Having found several ways to momentarily shut down the sense of having a self or being a person, in pure sensate terms, I keep experiencing severe nausea.
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If you've ever stood on the deck of a moving ship when a big wave hit the hull, or sat in a car when the driver lost control, or even just fallen off a chair...
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It's that sudden jolt, that heaving sense of abruptly losing your feet - that's what a sudden shift from self to no-self feels like. To me, anyway.
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Thinking about this as I listen to and discuss how mindfulness can sometimes be an exercise in willful ignorance.