From a reader:
http://liberationunleashed.com/
Hey, I thought I should tell you I made it through the gate.
It would be very interesting to see what would happen if more sociopaths did it. Fearless, curious and introspective sociopaths ought to be able to do it.
In the process of doing it I noticed a bunch of stuff for the first time.
My everyday life is a lot nicer since doing it. If you were stuck in solitary, you'd want to live it out with a non-dual mind.
If nothing else, I suspect the lack of a strong sense of self explains a lot about sociopaths being happy even as they wreck their own lives.
M.E.: What do you mean?
Reader:
I realized that I don't have a self. There is no self to be found.
You can know that intellectually, or live your life that way from moment to moment.
When you live it moment to moment, it is a lot like being a focused sociopath (flow: sensory clarity and focus), but absolutely without any striving or clinging. It can go on for long periods of time.
One continually noticed thoughts that take one out of the moment - typically "I" thoughts - but one recognizes them as thoughts about something that doesn't really exist.
That's describing it in words - and words don't work. E.g. describe "thrill" to someone that hasn't experienced it.
Sociopaths are actually quite close to realizing the truth that there is no self, but being close isn't enough. Why is the sociopath in jail? Because although 99% of the time he accepts WHATEVER is happening, there's that 1% of the time where he thinks he needs the money, the sex, the whatever - and he acts as though he believes it.
http://liberationunleashed.com/
Hey, I thought I should tell you I made it through the gate.
It would be very interesting to see what would happen if more sociopaths did it. Fearless, curious and introspective sociopaths ought to be able to do it.
In the process of doing it I noticed a bunch of stuff for the first time.
My everyday life is a lot nicer since doing it. If you were stuck in solitary, you'd want to live it out with a non-dual mind.
If nothing else, I suspect the lack of a strong sense of self explains a lot about sociopaths being happy even as they wreck their own lives.
M.E.: What do you mean?
Reader:
I realized that I don't have a self. There is no self to be found.
You can know that intellectually, or live your life that way from moment to moment.
When you live it moment to moment, it is a lot like being a focused sociopath (flow: sensory clarity and focus), but absolutely without any striving or clinging. It can go on for long periods of time.
One continually noticed thoughts that take one out of the moment - typically "I" thoughts - but one recognizes them as thoughts about something that doesn't really exist.
That's describing it in words - and words don't work. E.g. describe "thrill" to someone that hasn't experienced it.
Sociopaths are actually quite close to realizing the truth that there is no self, but being close isn't enough. Why is the sociopath in jail? Because although 99% of the time he accepts WHATEVER is happening, there's that 1% of the time where he thinks he needs the money, the sex, the whatever - and he acts as though he believes it.

