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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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Cinder

@Triquetrea

Mar 31, 2018

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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Cinder

@Triquetrea

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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Accordingly, I am leery of instructions not tied to technique at a sufficiently basic level of analysis (i.e. literally what attentional technique it's good for). I'm aware this makes me a bit of a hypocrite, because it's not like I've never made this mistake.

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