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Essentially you are saying the same thing as me.

A Vipassana meditator dissociates from their emotions while identifying with the physical sensations (whereas what is generally called as the ego/soul/self is, at core, the emotions themselves). Retreats acutely develop this process, but the effects are felt throughout one's daily life.

Your saying "the real world much intensified" is the effect of this process of identifying with the physical sensations (hence "intensified") while tacitly dissociating from the associated emotions.

While dissociation is one way to cope with emotions, it is not a reliable to way to deal with them in the real world.



You seem to be saying that meditation is not a reliable way to hang on to your ego. That should go without saying.


No, what I am saying is the dissociation induced by meditation is not a reliable to way to deal with emotions in the real world.


Needless to say, his ego is scared shitless about that.


I just read your recent comments which indicates that you are a fan of the Vipassana method.

Do you realize that Vipassana as practiced in the West is not so much about elimination of ego as distancing (hence dissociation) the said ego from the soul (the seat of emotions)?

As the emotions are still in place, when push comes to shove the distanced ego will rear its ugly head again and again (hence unreliable).

There is more to the human condition than the ego, and this is what Satya Narayan Goenka doesn't get. He is essentially promoting an extreme form of everyday psychological dissociation.


Is this your own insight or do you have references? It's a little hard for me to make sense of your position based only on what you've written here.


This is based on my experience. As for references, start from here: http://actualfreedom.com.au/sundry/frequentquestions/FAQ33a....




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