Buddhism is one of the many spiritual traditions that state that we are all the same, that there is no difference between you and me. Jung theorized that there was a "collective unconscious", that all of our minds are connected. Jesus said that we all actually have the same mind, that there is no separation there, we just think that we are separate from one another. So the meditation I have today, "when I am healed, I am not healed alone", is a fascinating concept to me. And ultimately, may be what helps me to release myself from my self-destructive patterns.
I am the type of person who, if you do something to me, I can keep my cool but, if you do something to someone I love, I go bat-shit bananas. Well, if this concept is true and that, by healing myself of self-destructive patterns I am actually doing something for the collective unconscious/same mind at the same time, then I am hoping that if I continually focus on that instead of just myself, I will do a better of job of breaking my self-destructive patterns. Because really, don't we all want to stop them, no matter what they are?
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