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When self-inquiry leads to dissociation and loss of functioning

I have been investigating the nature of self for three years and now I feel like I am disappearing and my family is worried.

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What we've seen

Deconstructive practice without constructive integration is creating dissociative fragmentation rather than awakening.

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