What follows is a list of terms which may help readers contextualize some of my journal entries. It is not meant to be exhaustive nor necessarily, objectively accurate. Rather these are terms I am attempting to define in ways that have been relevant to my practice. The Actualism Method - A fringe contemplative movement founded by a man named Richard in the 1990's. It posits a type of investigation which is said to lead to a state called "Actual Freedom" (AF for short), in which all emotional affect, societal conditioning, and animalistic instinct are eliminated. It became popular when Daniel Ingram and Tarin Greco began discussing it on the DhO. Anapanasati - Classical, Buddhist breathing meditation. It could be said to be a whole path (method and map) within itself, including many different investigations. Bodywork - Any contemplative work that focuses on the mind's relationship with the physicality or the body, and more specifi...
At the intersection of deep meditation, growing up, and mood disorder.