Suffering: Thoughts Needed

I'm 19, I've been meditating for a while, also laying down and tripping myself out for hours. I'm not here for me though, just wanted to show that I have the right perception for understanding these kind of things... This is more related to schizophrenia, and also anxiety. If anyone cares to read and offer some thoughts, I'd greatly appreciate it. Would especially like to hear some input from HonorSeed or Chopda. I've been reading your guy's posts for hours.

I'm here about my older brother, who is now 22. For the past few years, he has been hearing voices. Usually 6 at a time. They torment him to the point where he cries and laughs at the same time, not knowing why. Basically, they just talk shit and bring him down with a powerful force of negativity. He's strong. The toughest person I've known in my whole life, and has a HUGE heart. He's the type of person who would go through a eternity in hell for me without thinking twice. Everyone in our family has always thought he had something special, some kind of gift. He was drawing weird pictures on the wall at a very young age, a age you shouldn't be able to draw at. For some reason, he always walks out into our woods in the middle of the night and doesn't come back for hours. He's also told me weird stories, like waking up and vividly seeing a wall of dead people coming out of the top of the ceiling. The amazing thing is that he is never scared. He fears literally nothing, but is overwhelmed by the negativity in the world and that which is projected by his voices. Before this all happened he was a normal teenage dude. One day our Dad died by suicide, then a couple months later his best friend met the same fate. Our mom now has breast cancer and a head tumor... He also experimented with Salvia before this all happened. I'm guessing all of this, combined with me being stressed, and both of us being completely isolated is what caused the voices. I'm not sure, but it's the only clues I have. So now to the question:

Is a meditative practice a reliable resource for coping, cure, or anything positive that can help him? If so - Which one(s) and why?

I'd also like to discuss what Schizophrenia REALLY is. I believe it has to do with telepathy. Only thing is, I can't figure out if his voices are living people, dead people, or just six people in a group trance just trying to piss off my brother? My brother is always arguing with them, resisting, calling them names, etc... I think about the Bhudda when he was meditating, he turned the demons into flowers. I interpret that as something my brother needs to explore, not sure though. I think being resistant is a bad thing, but I don't expect him to take my advice on something I know nothing about, so I haven't even offered it to him yet.

Thanks again, and hope to see what people think.

 

Hi, I went through a short phase, say, about a week, after I learned Transcendental Meditation, when I was fifteen, where I could hear many voices in my head. It was an unusual experience, but then it passed, and I was very glad it did. I determined that it was a product of ,yes, being very psychic. The performance of TM I feel helped me move quickly beyond that phase.

Now, starting a meditation would take alot of time. I recommend therefore that you get some rudraksha beads for your brother. Of environments, the clothes and things one wears are the closest environment one has, so to wear some beads with very strong connotations of the devas is a way to change the environment's energy. because you say your brother is so awesome, I will send you some free. Expecting nothing in return. Please PM me your mailing address. I will send a few strands and other odds and ends of spiritual objects that I have around. At very least get some crystal and turquoise. Himalayan crystal is best. I will also send some small Shiva Lingas. If you get back to me quickly I'll send them out tomorrow since I have to make a post for someone else too.

My main issue nowadays is that the TM Movement that I grew up with is not anymore the same movement, so I can't recommend it any longer.

Also, I would recommend finding a Tibetan Lama who lives nearest you and asking their advice since they deal with this sort of thing all the time. Also, don't fear seeking help from a shrink. It could simply be something which a simple SSRI could help with. I take one now for depression, yes, it's true. Even with all the meditation and self help I have done I am still battling with depression. Blame it on Hurricane Katrina if you must. that doesn't make me a weak person, but a wise person to seek proactively to cure myself. I suggest that true fearlessness demands that one try all methods available to one for their's and other's betterment.

Truely if one can simply fix things with a drug then why seek exotic methods? It's an ego thing. Plus they say people who are spiritual are not so attached to ego, or how others view them, so seeking help from a shrink should not cause one fear.

But first we will try some rudraksha and crystals and other sacred objects to lighten up his environment (which may be good for your meditations too). Then he should go to a Tibetan Lama and learn a few good mantras for some chanting. And then try a shrink okay?

Let me know what you think. I'll check back again tonight. Peace. Hope he feels better quite quickly.

 

short answer: love.

I'm pretty interested in this question myself, should be intriguing to read the replies.

 

@Chodpa - I really appreciate you're kindness, understanding, and amazing ability to go lengths to help someone you've never even met. That is a rare quality I have never even witnessed until now. People down here are very busy-minded and unable to show love and/or kindness to people they don't know, but you've proved that wrong, so I'm recognizing that as a false belief that I have and need to get rid of. Thank you.
As for my address, for some reason it will not let me PM you. Maybe I don't meet a requirement for a certain amount of posts? "Brainsturbator, you do not have permission to access this page." Perhaps I can give you my address by email? My email is JesseMLavon@yahoo.com. If you can email me, I'll email you back right away with my address, I should be on all night. I will be rereading your post for a while and doing research on your suggestions. Great appreciation, my friend.

@killuminati - Yes, "Love" is one technique me and my mother have been using since he started suffering. Even if it doesn't help calm the voices, he needs our love and will continue to get it for the rest of his life, no matter what. Our mother is a very spiritual and happy person. She's always there for us, but now she has come down with her own sufferings. Our souls may be breaking away from this world and making it hard to live in this reality, but all this suffering is bringing us closer and closer together, so that's a positive aspect for us to think about. Thank you.

 

Also, we've tried therapy, but he refuses to go because of his paranoia. He gets a shot every week, and helps with the voices a little. I give him some weed every now and then, which helps when he has a tiny bit. I don't trust any medication, because we've tried a lot of different ones, and they seem to just make it worse in the long-term.

 

Yes, well I understand the negative connotations of receiving medications without any understanding coming from the doctors behind them. I certainly do recommend that Sakya Tibetan Buddhist place near you as they certainly would understand psychic phenomena and also with the wisdom behind it. May your brother be well. Often much of this is a result of the hormones of youth and will subside naturally over time. At any rate, what you brother needs to do is learn some techniques which give him a quiet spot amidst the voices. He already has that quiet spot. We all do. But we all don't have a means to quickly enter it at will. So here's to his good luck with that knowledge. remember that this life is a playing field for every possible experience. Often the first part of our lives is spent seeking for what we really need and want and the second part if for applying and finding that.