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142 - Direct Experience Is Liberation: When There Are No Stories, There Is No "You"
142 - Direct Experience Is Liberation: When There Are No Stories, There Is No "You"
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Length:
31 minutes
Released:
Jul 24, 2020
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Podcast episode
Description
Humans evolved to make sense of their experience by explaining with a story, or narrative. Although our stories help us communicate and navigate our lives, they also can preoccupy and burden us. Sometimes they are distressing, depressing, or exhausting to maintain. This is why the Buddha said to train ourselves such that “in the sensed, there is only the sensed, in the cognized, only the cognized.” That is, we should train ourselves to experience things without our stories.
Released:
Jul 24, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
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