There is so much posturing in some of the "spiritual" circles.
It goes even into the Buddhist and academic circles.
Why all that? There's no need to overcomplicate things which were meant to be simple.
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(02:35) Dialectical Behaviour Therapy & Training Objective Constancy With Zen Meditation
(06:31) The Concept of Radical Acceptance
(09:37) When Physical Conflict is Less Painful Than One's Suffering
(12:22) Spiritual Competition & "The Kallisti Effect"
(19:37) Don't Put on a Front (Why Am I Swearing?)
(22:01) The Dangerous Cycle of Idealization, Devaluation, Discarding
(24:38) No Need to Obsess Over Supernatural Aspects of Buddhism or Taking the Stories Too Literally