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There is an alternative to Meditation. If all the problems & thoughts happen due to our mind. Take mind out of the equation and become mindless instead of mindf

There is an alternative to Meditation. If all the problems & thoughts happen due to our mind. Take mind out of the equation and become mindless instead of mindful. Do not listen to your mind. Do not trust it. Just watch it. Rely on a solid process to make decisions but do not let your mind inject bias into the decision making process.over time, things will come naturally to you as a second nature like riding a bike where you don’t need the mind. Just chuckle when your mind tells you something because you now know our mind operates from a place of fear and uncertainty.

collyw 8y ago
That just sounds like an alternative form of mediation. There are a lot of variations out there. >Just chuckle when your mind tells you something because you now know our mind operates from a place of fear and uncertainty. That sounds like what Buddhists or psyconauts describe as the ego, rather than the mind.
- perseusprime11 8y ago
  Ego resides in mind. Isn’t it?
  - collyw 8y ago
    Sure but its isn't your mind. Just an aspect of it (that often causes problems). I had an interesting experience with psychedelics where my ego revealed itself as a kind of front or mask that I put on to impress other people. The personality that I reveal to the public. There was a whole other deeper part of my mind that was able to observe that. That was actually what got me started meditating.
    - perseusprime11 8y ago
      Thank you for sharing your experience. I am curious- how did your ego reveal itself during your experience with psychedelics? What form did it take? How did it talk to you?
      - collyw 8y ago
        Its strange, its was like two parts of my mind talking to each other (as in inner talk). The closest I could describe it when you do something wrong and reflect on yourself / your actions, except it's in the present rather than the past. As I say, like two parts of my personality talking to themselves, though the non ego side was definitely a lot deeper, more objective and seemed like my "true self". (Psychedelics are definitely strange, the hallucinations come and go. At some points like that one I felt quite "with it", just inner talk. Often once you have "sorted out" things like that the pleasant stuff live visions begin, though I think they affect everyone differently).
visarga 8y ago
I'd say CBT does what you say and more. It teaches you how to recognise and cancel destructive thoughts. It's a skill you can train.

collyw 8y ago

That just sounds like an alternative form of mediation. There are a lot of variations out there. >Just chuckle when your mind tells you something because you now know our mind operates from a place of fear and uncertainty. That sounds like what Buddhists or psyconauts describe as the ego, rather than the mind.

perseusprime11 8y ago
Ego resides in mind. Isn’t it?
- collyw 8y ago
  Sure but its isn't your mind. Just an aspect of it (that often causes problems). I had an interesting experience with psychedelics where my ego revealed itself as a kind of front or mask that I put on to impress other people. The personality that I reveal to the public. There was a whole other deeper part of my mind that was able to observe that. That was actually what got me started meditating.
  - perseusprime11 8y ago
    Thank you for sharing your experience. I am curious- how did your ego reveal itself during your experience with psychedelics? What form did it take? How did it talk to you?
    - collyw 8y ago
      Its strange, its was like two parts of my mind talking to each other (as in inner talk). The closest I could describe it when you do something wrong and reflect on yourself / your actions, except it's in the present rather than the past. As I say, like two parts of my personality talking to themselves, though the non ego side was definitely a lot deeper, more objective and seemed like my "true self". (Psychedelics are definitely strange, the hallucinations come and go. At some points like that one I felt quite "with it", just inner talk. Often once you have "sorted out" things like that the pleasant stuff live visions begin, though I think they affect everyone differently).

visarga 8y ago

I'd say CBT does what you say and more. It teaches you how to recognise and cancel destructive thoughts. It's a skill you can train.