Do you guys actually believe this stuff?

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Speaking for myself, I would love for the material to be false. It would make many things much easier. The fact that I can't write it off makes many of my relationships more challenging. Not on a surface level -- everything seems fine there -- but it introduces a gulf between myself and friends and family, and the gulf produces a feeling of sadness. This even though I pretty much never bring the material up with others.

I've come to feel this sadness as well, and other less than positive feelings in general. I think it's pointing to various things worth examining. It may be indicative of hidden emotions..what we could also call attitudes behind thoughts themselves. Beliefs can have the quality of separating ourselves from others. So I think this sadness is related to the importance we place on our beliefs, which can turn our attention towards the ways in which we are different, rather than experiencing unity in the moment.