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Buddhism

ellenrr

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8. I don't think how one copes with the demands of ego is gender-specific.

Reply to Tobin S. (Original post)

Sat Aug 25, 2018, 08:30 AM

Aug 2018

The first sentence of your post describes me too.
It feels like after 2 1/2 years of daily meditation practice the layers of the onion are peeling back.
It's not all wonderful. I feel a lot of pain and loss and grief and suffering.
I also feel like clarity is peeping out, like the sun peeps out on a cloudy day. Like I know clarity is there.
It's a struggle for sure. But I'm glad to be at this point. I feel like for so much of my life I was totally unfree, acting out on the basis of subconscious impulses.

Wondering if you have a meditation practice?

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The death throes of the ego interspersed with grace- that's what I'm going through. [View all] Tobin S. Mar 2018 OP

Sounds Like The River Mar 2018 #1

Thank you. I'll check out the book. n/t Tobin S. Mar 2018 #3

It's all about point of view vlyons Mar 2018 #2

Getting past the illusion is what I'm talking about. Tobin S. Mar 2018 #4

I'm not certain that ego ever goes away. vlyons Mar 2018 #5

Here are some tips grantcart Mar 2018 #6

Thank you! n/t Tobin S. Mar 2018 #7

I don't think how one copes with the demands of ego is gender-specific. ellenrr Aug 2018 #8

Yes, I meditate. Tobin S. Aug 2018 #9