Whoa. "That sounds intense" doesn't really do justice to what you wrote, even if it's the first phrasing that comes to mind. Thank you for letting me know about your experience, knowing you I feel honored to read it.
on a recent nondual Buddhist meditation retreat, I experienced a contraction on the day when the yoga of nonmeditation was being shared. it was as if "i" was dissociating from and repressing the separate self send rather than transcending and including. this feeling of disconnection was very uncomfortable, although I was able to reconnect an hour or so later to my more familiar sense of "Durwinness". On the other hand, I have had a couple of "peek" experiences of what Almaas calls "basic trust" that seem to be along the lines of where you have ended up. This is all to say that the process you went through is seems very intuitively resonant to me and timely, and I appreciate your courage in sharing it!
Thank you ! I've been following your podcast and I can't wait to read about your experience. Reminds me of something I lived through a while ago, came down to a choice basically saying : EITHER everyone sucks and I can't trust them OR I have a problem with reality. Choosing the former would have meant I had no more reason to live. And the latter led me on quite a journey :-)
Thank you Daniel, for your succinct outline of the long and arduous journey of liberation to simply be a human being in this culture. I'm a long way from my childhood and parenting, and appreciate the opportunity for a safe and thoughtful review of my own breakdowns and breakthroughs. I remain fiercely independent, but lovingly nurture relationships. I balance experiences between equanimity and rest, and rarely forget to "put on my own oxygen mask first."
Looking forward to all those topics!
And... Glad you've made it through what you have, to be with us in the world again.
Thank you for sharing, so well written and explained. I went through something similar last year, beautiful to connect with others on this path.
❤️🔥
already feels really good in the body to read this
Thanks for sharing, I'm glad to hear it. :)
Whoa. "That sounds intense" doesn't really do justice to what you wrote, even if it's the first phrasing that comes to mind. Thank you for letting me know about your experience, knowing you I feel honored to read it.
Thanks friend. 🙂
Hyped, looking forward to reading about your inner journey. Your podcast brought me to twitter and well so much has unfolded for me.
This is the next one that comes out at midnight. I’m very proud of it.
https://intimatemirror.substack.com/p/e90954c6-4f76-4c87-acd9-0d2921dc9578
That’s very sweet thank you. 🙏
Hi Daniel, very glad to see you here. Best wishes. Your story is our story.
on a recent nondual Buddhist meditation retreat, I experienced a contraction on the day when the yoga of nonmeditation was being shared. it was as if "i" was dissociating from and repressing the separate self send rather than transcending and including. this feeling of disconnection was very uncomfortable, although I was able to reconnect an hour or so later to my more familiar sense of "Durwinness". On the other hand, I have had a couple of "peek" experiences of what Almaas calls "basic trust" that seem to be along the lines of where you have ended up. This is all to say that the process you went through is seems very intuitively resonant to me and timely, and I appreciate your courage in sharing it!
Grateful you’re still with us brother. And that we get to continue to learn with you.
Thanks friend. I'm grateful too, life is so precious.
Thank you ! I've been following your podcast and I can't wait to read about your experience. Reminds me of something I lived through a while ago, came down to a choice basically saying : EITHER everyone sucks and I can't trust them OR I have a problem with reality. Choosing the former would have meant I had no more reason to live. And the latter led me on quite a journey :-)
Welcome to Substack Daniel :-) Thanks for sharing your wisdom.
Thank you Daniel, for your succinct outline of the long and arduous journey of liberation to simply be a human being in this culture. I'm a long way from my childhood and parenting, and appreciate the opportunity for a safe and thoughtful review of my own breakdowns and breakthroughs. I remain fiercely independent, but lovingly nurture relationships. I balance experiences between equanimity and rest, and rarely forget to "put on my own oxygen mask first."
May you be safe
May you be well
May you be peaceful and at ease
May you be happy ⚘️