tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6709844700034298584.post4367729532154780354..comments2024-03-14T06:26:00.182+00:00Comments on Reflections: Ajahn Sucitto: Sin, Sex and the Inner TyrantUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6709844700034298584.post-84891046134690727882014-09-23T15:13:50.442+00:002014-09-23T15:13:50.442+00:00Well, whatever works. Contemplation of the unattra...Well, whatever works. Contemplation of the unattractive aspects of the body is a standard contemplative practice. I believe it is a foundation, but one that has to be built upon by investigating and handling the energy and feeling of lust. After all it isn't bodies per se that we enjoy, but the feeling and energy that they can evoke ( and, as one gets familiar with one body, fail to evoke). <br /><br />As Thanissaro Bhikkhu writes (in Mind Like Fire Unbound, P56) 'as a more balanced perception of the body develops,one may make use of the second prong of the approach: turning one's attention from the object of lust to the act of lust itself...and so removing any sense of identification with it.'Ajahn Sucittohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17302243600533653954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6709844700034298584.post-81337708679355448432014-09-14T22:41:39.428+00:002014-09-14T22:41:39.428+00:00I have been looking for an practice besides corps...I have been looking for an practice besides corpse contemplation and the 32 parts contemplation to overcome lust, and the acknowledgement, dropping imagery, and moving the energy into the heart seems the most promising route I have encountered yet. Its actually what I have been doing instinctively all along.<br /><br />But I have a question: will it take me to full release from lust? Aka the second path and fruit (along with overcoming other sense desires and I'll will/hatred). Or is an insight into the nature of the body through the 32 parts contemplation absolutely required? I understand on the surface level that the body is temporary, conditioned phenomenon, and not self, but have not had a full liberating insight into it. The 32 parts contemplation doesn't resonate with me and I don't seem to get anything out of it. Also, corpse contemplation doesn't really gross me out or generate dispassion in me. Instead I have begun focusing on investigating the khandhas and my relationship to them and how they interact with each other. So my question is: will the repeatedly dropping of lust and eventual indifference/dispassion for it, coupled with understanding of how feeling, perception, and volitional action work take me to the next level? (Along with the dropping of aversion and other sensual desires)charradhammohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01986497805103745785noreply@blogger.com