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Hey folks, Am looking for resources on the subject of spiritual purification via meditation. I want to know what sort of thing hardcore meditation will and will not help with. Would be interested in learning about this in respect of longer meditation periods, i.e. 4+ hours per day, rather than shorter periods.

Trauma release exercises, yoga

I have considered them but I have a lot of trauma in my history. So honestly I would be afraid of suicide. I would like to get my vipassana practice better first. I practice vipassana multiple hours a day but still struggle with more intense emotions. I do a range of healing work too, i.e. depth therapy.

Okay, I get you. Did you boil it out via meditation? Or just you noticed this boiling out occurred naturally?

What does this mean?

Could I get your perspective on this please @Leo Gura?

Life purpose identified

Concentration meditation

If Trump wins and things go south they will probably just say the devil is strong. And then scapegoat some minority.

It seems clear to me that the following has happened. The content creator has simply found a new style of meditation called non-directive meditation. Where in you practice letting whatever is be, rather than exercising any sense of control of your attention whilst meditating. Do nothing meditation method is not an uncommon practice. So, in essence, he has just found a different type of meditation method that works for him. The irony is he is claiming that meditation methods won't set you free because he found a new meditation method that set him free. A better title for his experience would be: Directive meditation methods won't see you free. That said, the issue of being identified with the observer is a known weakness of mindfulness meditation. But the idea is that after a while the habit of meditating leads to the automatic watching of the watcher.

I suppose its important to define the 'good' in good intentions. I haven't watched that Leo video so not sure how he defined it.

@Davino @Ero Thanks. Was more looking for understanding of what sort of mind stuff will be purified in the process though. For example, will it purify things like shame & depression?

Your mind could just be generating illusions

@Buck Edwards I think you have found your life purpose lol

@TruthFreedom But how do you know about what others say? You perceive it via your physical senses. You have never had an experience which is not generated by your mind. It has always only involved your 5 senses and your thinking mind. You cannot use your mind experiences to prove that there is something other than mind.

My dumbass took way too long to find that hidden text lmao

Is/ ought fallacy. Just because something is the case doesn't mean it ought to be.

Teaching. At least that's the last place in the 10 Ox-herding pics.

I rethought your idea and changed my mind. So deleted my comment.

I think its pretty obvious that there are risks even if you have social support.

I don't understand what point you are making in relation to my previous comment

My most recent reply also applies to this. Humans do not have free will, so you have to guide their decisions. You guide this through government systems. So, government systems have total responsibility.

Okay i see. I would agree that those two things may form part of the solution. But not the full solution. Human beings don't have free will, so you have to guide their decisions to what you want. If you want women to call the cops in the desired situation you have to guide women to do so. If they don't call it is because not calling meets certain needs in a way that calling does not. So, you must think about how you can make it such that making the call meets their needs better. For example, promoting a better perception of female safety after contacting police.