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Old 09-09-2011, 09:50 PM   #13
Cuccuccaltefe

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I'm looking for an answer and when I can't find an answer I get depressed. Further reflection and reading Ajahn Sumedho's book made me realise that even if I find things that are leading me in the direction of that answer I'm somehow not worthy of it. That other people who are looking for that answer who I encounter judge me as being socially unworthy of looking for it with them. A lot of it came down that due to my background I feel I have nothing in common with the kind of people I meet at Sangha's and they just think I look a stupid, hard faced thug. It started out as minor worry and worked itself up in a negative feedback loop because I focused on it.

Tonight I felt - just whats the point of someone like you looking for the "truth" just go back to spending your days half drunk and playing video games, no ones going to accept you as someone who is seeeking.
Hi traveller,
Self = suffering. A very valuable lesson came your way. It's exactly that kind of pain which our self-grasping mind causes us. When those feelings finally pass, we're chilled again - until the next bout.

Anger, despair etc rise up when the conditions are right. If you relinquish ownership of them, then they are not your burden.

Not as bad as you thought eh?
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