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Contemplating to have a deeper grasp on the tilakkhanna has helped me a lot. I feel like my perception is also changing and now I’m starting to develop an aversion or even disgust for it. Contemplating the parts of sexuality and sexual activity in the context of tilakkhanna really sobers up my perception of sense pleasures and shows me the true nature of what it is the corrupted mind seeks so much of.
The fundamental intention and desire is weakening. Reading ven. Lal’s analogies helped me a lot. Like a dog chewing on an empty bone. Like a fish biting a worm and suffering from the bait. Like a fly that tries to land on a light bulb and gets zapped. Pleasure and pain being apart of the same coin.
there are many more analogies but this is from the top of my headI listened to this desana yesterday, and I felt a moderate sensation of joy, as if I just realized that no sense pleasure, be it of the mind or the senses, would ever make me lastingly happy.
I thought that maybe this sensation would go away, but at work today, I was just told that my Ph.D contract, what I thought Id be working with for the next three or so years, would be terminated. But I wasn’t angry. I didn’t feel any resentment towards anybody. I don’t know if this is even makes me Sotapanna Anugami, but I’d say it’s a step closer.
That’s what I’m saying, you need to have a real Ariya who can explain Dhamma in audio form, as I saw plenty of examples of this in my group, that people reading will not get them that far, as listening to discourses. The same experience for other people who went from reading to listening.
It makes sense because from what I understand, SOTA means hearing roughly and PANNA means wisdom and insight roughly. I will start listening and downloading mp3s now then
Hello Abid you talks about Psalms
Also I felt it after doing long psalm readings (trying to read psalms from 1-150)
You were a catholic before right ? Are you the person who asked on Reddit what other buddhists think about Puredhamma website ??
I didn’t really identify as Christian or catholic or any other denomination but I was raised in a Moslem environment. Although I didn’t follow much of these rituals associated with religion, I did try to make prayer to the Creator in my own little ways. Some people recommended reading psalms 1-150 on reddit so i followed that to an extent
But no sir I’m not involved with reddit these days and I haven’t talked about puredhamma on there
The crucial realisation for me was:
“if life is anicca nature, what makes you think death will be of nicca nature? Isn’t that a delusion? One will be helpless in the suffering filled rebirth process”
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I believe I now have direct experience of these teachings so now I have purpose and a direction of where to go and continue. Whereas I was previously suicidal because of my anhedonia and PSSD which made me think I have no future left. But now I can move forward and make as much progress towards Nibbana in this life while making it my goal to live blamelessly and for the benefit of others by working and giving charity.
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Sorry. I have not had much time to think about it as I am traveling. I just did a search to find more about it.
- Dementia typically begins with subtle symptoms that develop slowly and gradually worsen over several years, progressing through stages from mild cognitive impairment to severe decline. Early signs often include memory lapses, difficulty concentrating, or challenges with familiar tasks, which may go unnoticed at first.
- Have you done any medical screening to confirm? It could be due to memory loss or to other factors affecting attention.
- I will think about it a bit more and post some comments later.
Yes, dementia progresses to the point where one is totally unable to function. Which means forgetting everything, struggling to eat, use bathroom, failing to recognise and remember people even close family, being unable to talk etc.
It is hard to identify in the early stages like you said because those symptoms can be due to many causes, and not only dementia.The interesting part is that when dementia patients are close to dying at late stage dementia, they experience “terminal lucidity” where they suddenly regain their abilities they lost even after the massive brain damage that has occurred. For example, They can go from previously non verbal to speaking again and also recollect all the memories they lost briefly.
This phenomena must have an explanation rooted in the Buddha Dhamma and I think it’s related to the gandhabba but there must be a deeper explanation. It has a little similarity to NDEs and OBEs I think
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By the way, this phenomena is called “terminal lucidity” for anyone who wants to look deeper into it. Search for “dementia terminal lucidity”
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