DISGUST – 8th Stage of Insights – Part 4 of THE DARK NIGHT
We become disgusted with the whole thing.
We begin to feel completely tormented by our noisy and repetitious minds
(a classic sign of this stage),
by a body that is full of suffering and unpleasant sensations, and
by a world that is falling apart, as well as an image of ourselves,
that, while seemingly growing tighter and tighter in terms of how it feels,
is also paradoxically becoming more volatile, fragmented, and unstable.
Perceiving thoughts as thoughts becomes harder and harder, and thus
getting caught by our unresolved mental stuff gets increasingly more likely.
It is a stage at which it is very easy to be very critical of basically anything,
judging things and people harshly.
It is easy to suddenly become critical of our
path, our tradition, those practicing around us, our workplace, our partner,
our friends, and our family.
In short,
for basically anything we see,
we are likely to see the downside more strongly than we ordinarily would.
On the strong side,
we see nothing to cling to, no self to be found,
and we begin to wish the whole edgy, disillusioning reality
we had placed our trust in would just end,
and now we find ourselves with a strong…
DESIRE FOR DELIVERANCE
DISGUST – 8th Stage of Insights – Part 4 of THE DARK NIGHT
This song is performed in the ‘Dark Side’ of Hawaiian slack key of D Wahine.
View on YouTube with inspiring Hawaiian Sailing Photos
From my
SeaPasana
The Progress of Insight
Inspired by Daniel Ingram’s book Mastering the Core Teachings of the Buddha,
With this section “The progress of Insight”
Inspired by Mahasi Sayadaw