>From close experience these past few months and this past week, a very good >friend of the family was on Zanax went cold turkey and got seizures so the doc >put the friend on klonopin and a few suicide attempts were had by a young >person in their early 20's. Never before suicidal. The friend said the drugs >make one wish to get out of the body because of discomfort. The friend is an >athiest and does not meditate from any Guru lineage. The weird thing is, at >the psycho ward, the doctors and program kept suggesting he should believe in >God, by their daily prayer circles. When the friend asked the doctor about >meditating, one doctor answered with " You mean that Hindu, eastern stuff?" >The friend just realized they were all crazy at the psycho ward and now is >trying to find a doctor who can help wean off the pills. The friend's close >family member works in the medical field. It is usually the answer to the >friend's family.
There is nothing spiritual about clutching a knife and razors. ________________________________ From: Buck <dhamiltony...@yahoo.com> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thu, 3 June, 2010 8:35:34 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Acedia & Fairfield > > In the news, a young person of the meditating community put an end to his > life this last week. > > http://preview.tinyurl.com/34a3rnz > Does taking Anti-depressants preclude spiritual experience? Just wondering given the recent experience of exulted experiences and suicide. Exulted transcendental experiences and depressed. Does taking anti-depressants also shut off the spiritual experience? Get in the way of transcending? I don't know. I'm just wondering given the recent example. Spiritual experiences and anti-D's? Anybody got real experience to relate to? Dr. Pete, what do you know? Acedia as spiritual depression, is there a place for anti-D's in spiritual depression? Should meditators be afraid of taking anti-D's? Anti-psychs? Thanks in advance, -Buck
