I quit drinking in 1990, which in many ways was the beginning of me waking up. In 2004, I started vipassana meditation and deeply focusing on art, meditation and 'thoughts', even when not in formal meditation. The sentiment of this post is nice and I agree with it, to a degree. But I know, from LOTS of therapy, group support and spiritual groups, that some people will use spiritual 'axioms' and principles as a way to avoid spending time and paying attention to another person, which I feel is detrimental to people's feelings of self worth. If the time out to watch the breath is truly to help the person, fine. But if it's used as an exc
On Jul 5, 2020 ALIA wrote :