Developing the "Taste of Purification" ~ Shinzen Young

[Raina430]

Brilliant teacher!

[pgod45]

I've been practicing meditation and studying psychology both for a while now and wonderful teachings like this and others makes me think this:

Meditation is non-conceptual psychotherapy

Psychotherapy is conceptual meditation

[Raina430]

What a great description. Thank you so much. I do experience this, and it is literally life changing to understand this phenomenon. I do think it can be described, at least in its grosser manifestation, as feeling something like a deep massage where the pain feels " good". There is also sometimes a sense that something is relaxing, and one is in more of a flow state. Hmmm, sounds nebulous, but it definitely is a tangible feeling! I love the way you relate this awareness to exponetial growth.

[bamboosa]

I know what you mean. I have inhabited a searing hell both emotionally and physically for 4 years now and that taste is a link to something indescribable wherein pain and fear and horror play a role in a much deeper spectrum that for some odd reason demands continuation of the organism. I'm baffled and I am curious.

[Raina430]

@bamboosa First, let me extend my empathy for your inhabiting a searing hell for 4 years. This sounds incredible, and I am so grateful that you have these teachings. What you wrote is an inspiration to me, as I deal with a lot of health challenges. Both people who have responded to this seem to me to have something profound to say. THANKS.