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Understanding the Persistence of 'Sleep' (Unconsciousness) (Matthew Files)
Understanding the Persistence of 'Sleep' (Unconsciousness) (Matthew Files)
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Length:
43 minutes
Released:
Aug 26, 2021
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Podcast episode
Description
One way of allowing a topic to go deep is not putting it in a box of what we assume we already know. Through self-observation, we can see that we are not free but that we react constantly to circumstances in the environment. We can't get beyond this state of sleep because of the place we live life from: the context of scarcity and survival (which involves self-image, our identity, who we take ourselves to be). Scarcity is the deeply held belief that there is never enough. Everybody's story of sleep/unconsciousness is the same in principle, which is suffering. Anything we try to do to alleviate suffering perpetuates it. To be asleep is to assume the body-mind is who we are, and that is the context of survival. We can do something about this, but by seeing and not by trying to fix it. Matthew facilitates groups that support people to look deeper into their process, formulate their own questions, and become responsible for their choices.
Released:
Aug 26, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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