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Vipassana: Looking Into Something With Clarity And Precision, Seeing Each Component As Distinct, Piercing All The Way Through So As To Perceive The Most Fundamental Reality Of That Thing.

Buddhism Advises You Not To Implant Feelings That You Don’t Really Have Or Avoid Feelings That You Do Have. If You Are Miserable You Are Miserable; That Is The Reality, That Is What Is Happening, So Confront That. Look It Square In The Eye Without Flinching. When You Are Having A Bad Time, Examine That Experience, Observe It Mindfully, Study The Phenomenon And Learn Its Mechanics. The Way Out Of A Trap Is To Study The Trap Itself, Learn How It Is Built. You Do This By Taking The Thing Apart Piece By Piece. The Trap Can’t Trap You If It Has Been Taken To Pieces. The Result Is Freedom.

The Principal Cause Of Suffering Is Craving. Once Craving Is Eliminated, Much Suffering Will Be Eliminated. Still More Suffering Will Be Eliminated Once Ignorance Is Eliminated. Both Craving And Ignorance Are Equally Powerful Defilements That Cause Suffering.

[m]orality Is Not A Ritualistic Obedience To A Code Of Behavior Imposed By An External Authority. It Is Rather A Healthy Habit Pattern That You Have Consciously And Voluntarily Chosen To Impose Upon Yourself Because You Recognize Its Superiority To Your Present Behavior.

They Have No Power Over You. It's All A Show, A Deception. Your Urges Scream And Bluster At You; They Cajole; They Coax; They Threaten; But They Really Carry No Stick At All. You Give In Out Of Habit. You Give In Because You Never Really Bother To Look Beyond The Threat. It Is All Empty Back There. There Is Only One Way To Learn This Lesson, Though. The Words On This Page Won't Do It.