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Anhedonia = a sign of mysticism?

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#1 vader

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Posted 17 October 2015 - 09:22 PM


It seems that many religious people suffered from anhedonia (Mother Teresa, Paul of the Cross, etc.). Could anhedonia be a sign of shamanic introductory illness?

 

Doesn't buddhism call anhedonia / depersonalization a state of bliss / nirvana?


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#2 pamojja

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Posted 18 October 2015 - 09:35 AM

 

Doesn't buddhism call anhedonia / depersonalization a state of bliss / nirvana?

 

At least in Buddhism, the ending of desire is indeed used synonymous with nibbana and bliss. Suffering from a lack of pleasure isn't.


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#3 YOLF

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Posted 23 October 2015 - 09:30 PM

I think what they are talking about is coming to recognize a truth of sorts. If you want something and it turns out not to be what you thought it was, you're motivations for desiring it will very likely change, maybe even disappear and enable you to find things you care about even more.



#4 pamojja

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Posted 23 October 2015 - 11:45 PM

 

Needs reference

 

For a beginning, Wikipedia has enough references to Buddhist Nibbana.



#5 EyeKicker

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Posted 27 May 2016 - 03:31 PM

For one mother Teresa, Paul and Jesus weren't shamans, they chose to dedicate their lives to God and helping others, not contacting demons for power or knowledge.
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