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Re:Aleister Crowley and William Butler Yeats Get into an Occ... by b800h on Wednesday June 14, 2023 @01:26AM (#36321776)
I've not heard of him - I'll have a look. This may not apply to him, but what I'm wary of is anything that makes the practice a personal improvement exercise - it has to reach for the heavens and encourage empathic love for other people, or it'll end up in the wrong place, IMO.
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Re:Aleister Crowley and William Butler Yeats Get into an Occ... by fsloth on Wednesday June 14, 2023 @01:40AM (#36321878)
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Re:Aleister Crowley and William Butler Yeats Get into an Occ... by b800h on Wednesday June 14, 2023 @03:58AM (#36322853)
Fair enough. But there's a lot to be said for finding meaning in helping other people.
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Re:Aleister Crowley and William Butler Yeats Get into an Occ... by colordrops on Wednesday June 14, 2023 @11:11AM (#36327182)
You should listen to him then, he talks exactly about this - that meditation is not meant to be a personal improvement practice, but to fundamentally change your life. He also covers metta, which is "loving-kindness" meditation, which is basically empathy practice.
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