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What's the Point of Examining the Self?
The self is the string upon which all our suffering is is strung. Most people feel like they're a subject in their heads that is not truly coincident with the rest of their body. Even when things are going really well, and every experience is very smooth, we know at any moment it can be subverted by something terrible happening. We constantly modify our experience so as to avoid discomfort whether it's social discomfort or physical discomfort. If you just sit for an hour if you still want to die, even if you don't think about death too often, then fo i kno you'll find yourself there. It makes life this kind of long emergency situation where your sense