Waking Up | Alex P #4 | 12.21.21

Alex and Dhammarato discuss the weight of repeated mind moments and the Dark Night of the Soul, the victim’s position, the fallacy of suppression, and the empty quest for attainments.

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00:00:00 Let it be

00:06:13 Let enthusiasm be the ally of right effort

00:10:14 A new way of thinking develops

00:12:48 Mind moments only have weight with repetition

00:14:25 The victim’s position and waking up

00:21:29 We want, and want, and want…

00:32:37 Having a debate with darkness

00:41:30 Seductive thoughts feel right

00:49:58 Things will spin down

00:52:31 We see things we didn’t see before

00:56:42 Making your own Dark Night of the Soul

01:02:52 Is everything I’ve been taught a lie?

01:11:30 Feeling is not healing

01:14:18 Forget the stages of insight