The psychotic drowns in the same waters in which the mystic swims.

A quote by Joseph Campbell.

We need to have a discussion about the dangers of spiritual work.

This is an especially poignant moment at which to have this discussion.

We've had it before, but we need to have have it again because recently we've been made aware on the actualized.org forum

that one of the members there killed himself

So I'm going to talk about that situation. I'm going to answer many questions. I'm going to then lead into a discussion about suicide and into my thoughts on that.

And we're going to talk about many of the traps of spiritual work and just many of the traps of any kind of system of beliefs or ideas in general.

So there's going to be a lot of very juicy and important information here, so stay tuned with me and I'll try to answer all your questions and

objections. So now what happened? Well we're not exactly sure with a hundred

percent certainty what happened but the best that we can piece

together and as we've been informed by the family by the sister of this

individual and and his family is that a few weeks ago he got the idea to literally

jump off a bridge and for spiritual purposes.

It's not exactly clear what his logic was for doing so what he thought he would really gain from it

or why it would be necessary but somehow he got it in his mind that jumping off a bridge would I guess be a quick path to God or towards the

afterlife or the next life or whatever.

And then he literally jumped off a bridge. Or so we're told.

Again, I don't have independent verification of this

I'm assuming it's true let's just treat it as though it's true

all right so let's say it happened

so now what do we make of this? Because I take this very seriously.

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