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I have a question. It’s kind of personal but kind of not. OK, shoot. I’m feeling the GP. The what? The GP. The “General Pointlessness”. Ah. (Laughs) I like that. The GP… It’s not good. It feels, like, kind of empty. A bit heavy. Not exactly a depression, but like “what am I even doing…
A short dialogue about identity and practices. Hi Eric – I hope you’re doing well. I’m a 19 year old college student studying in [a city in the US]. I came upon your article on healthy ego development, and it resonated with me. I encountered Advaita Vedanta when I was 17, and I’m…
The original, legitimate and healthy use of the term “spiritual bypassing” John Welwood, a Buddhist teacher and psychotherapist coined the term “spiritual bypass” in the 80’s, as a concept for use in the context of alerting someone to an internal avoidance of uncomfortable feelings that need to be looked at. This would be, for example…