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(Taking a break from taking the piss.) Stories gon' tell. I think the main thing is just to pay attention. Stories come and go, and they're not very special. Much like you, they're not worth the effort of putting them down. (It was a short break.)
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Maybe I'm revealing my lack of initiation, but I feel these instructions only work when tied to practice. For instance, you say "when one pays attention." I can temporarily drop identification, but that came out of maintaining this equipoise *while meditating*.
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Every time I make some sort of progress in my practice, it's off this synthesis of instruction and technique, but it's always a question of matching the technique to the right attitude. Taken on their own, decontextualized, the instructions seem to do more harm than good.
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Not something I'm accusing you of, but I've had many discussions with Buddhists (etc.) who clearly didn't know what they were talking about (didn't do the work), but felt the instructions they had received qualified their opinions. Which... they don't. This is a practical field.
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My point was more specific: the instructions can contradict themselves if they're taken in aggregate. They are situational. When people don't do the work, they get confused about this and attack others instead of, you know, actually learning anything from the instructions.
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