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Originally Posted by inavalan

There are tons of books, and gurus. Some of them have similar takes, others' are widely different.

I've read, and still read, a lot about these things. Eventually, I reached the conclusion that in these matters you can't trust anybody, and you can't trust your judgement either. Honest people have vastly different perceptions (everybody creates their own reality based on their beliefs and emotions), and we're trying to understand things that are well "over our heads". I believe that the only way to try to form an opinion is to investigate yourself, to learn how to and have experiences to collect your own impressions. I recommend self-hypnosis, over meditation, because you can get results much sooner, and more reliably.

I think the same as you. Read books if you want but do not take anything as the truth. It is best to find out for yourself. You mention self hypnosis over meditation. I meditate but I think I over do it. Please let me know what you do to hypnosis yourself.