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**tutkarussia** · 03-08-2011, 10:29 PM

Having the experience of depersonalisation, derealization or lack of a sense of self often lead individuals into emotional instability, mental illness and in need of psychiatric care rather than able to study and practice the principles of Buddhist teachings

Wow! that is really hard to know... I think that maybe the idea of "Not-Self" is not a good beginning for many people that knows Buddhism for the first time. The only way IMHO, to understand such idea is through meditation. There you can have glimpses about what "not-self" is about. I insist that Buddhism and mostly, its practice, is not for everybody. It is needed a huge amount of balance between the pure intellectual understanding and the insight developed through the practice of mindfulness.

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tutkarussia Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 378 Senior Member	Having the experience of depersonalisation, derealization or lack of a sense of self often lead individuals into emotional instability, mental illness and in need of psychiatric care rather than able to study and practice the principles of Buddhist teachings Wow! that is really hard to know... I think that maybe the idea of "Not-Self" is not a good beginning for many people that knows Buddhism for the first time. The only way IMHO, to understand such idea is through meditation. There you can have glimpses about what "not-self" is about. I insist that Buddhism and mostly, its practice, is not for everybody. It is needed a huge amount of balance between the pure intellectual understanding and the insight developed through the practice of mindfulness.
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