Reddit mentions of After the Ecstasy, the Laundry: How the Heart Grows Wise on the Spiritual Path

It is a fallacy that working on yourself is working on all areas of life. This belief was a party line or selling point of many Buddhist teachers particularly those from non-western countries. Many western Buddhist teachers today recognize that therapy can be a very helpful adjunct to Buddhist meditation practice.

Jack Kornfield's book, After the Ecstacy, The Laundry is one of many books with information on how Buddha dharma alone is not enough in today's world that has evolved quite a bit in the last 2500 years.

I love the Buddha dharma, deeply and dearly.

Yes, working on oneself can be more attachment to the world. Wilber admits this. However, until we are fully enlightened, we best pay attention to our actions, words and intentions.

Speaking for myself, I have personally found that broadening my awareness to think in terms of inner self, relationship self, science and health, and culture and self has helped bring me to greater wisdom than focusing solely on inner self. I've by no means neglected the work on inner self.

edit: calling one of the quadrants "inner self" isn't accurate, and neither are the other labels I've used here for quadrants. The explanation is a tl;dr in itself.

i could suggest a book, After the Ecstasy, the Laundry
http://www.amazon.com/After-Ecstasy-Laundry-Heart-Spiritual/dp/0553102907

really, once you take the blue pill, ya cant go back, and its hard to believe somebody would really want to, but you can help free others... this can be an amazing beautiful world, and you aren't the only one working towards that goal, you may walk the path by yourself at times, but you are never truly alone, allies will show themselves eventually, never stop caring, never stop trying, but really, you may end up realizing that where you are is not where you should be, that the people there are not ready to wake up, or maybe not even able. but never give up, and its so cliche, but it has to be said, its about the experience, not the end of the road, that is the point, dont feel discouraged, just be a voice of sanity when you can. Digest, the DMT trip is so compressed it always takes some time to digest, and its always with you.

nothing has changed, but everything is different, its tough to process, but its beautiful and amazing. It gives you another viewpoint to observe from, use it. give it time, dont repress, youve seen something not that many have, felt things, well, what it always comes down to, there arnt words for it, and also, as others in the thread mentioned, Terrance McKenna, just do it..

Unfortunately people may become fixated to that experience and try to guard it at all expenses. But it is destined to go away. Instead of continuing bliss, you get change to work with your shit. Practitioner should just drop that experience and go deeper. Jack Kornfield has written good book specially about that subject: After the Ecstasy, the Laundry: How the Heart Grows Wise on the Spiritual Path:

>"Enlightenment does exist. It is possible to awaken" Such times of "great wisdom, deep compassion and a real knowing of freedom," however, alternate with life's dirty laundry, "periods of fear, confusion, neurosis, and struggle".