headyeti wrote:with all that is going on in the world, does anyone else have issues with entering altered states knowing that somewhere someone wants me dead just for simple differences in opinion and objective within this world? This is really bothering me and keeping me from communing with the state of mind i am most comfortable with.
Why sit and worry about things you have no control over? Instead just focus on everyday life and what you can control. Later if you feel the need to do something about it all. You'd need to start there anyways.
Let the Tao flow through you. Be the embodiment of it so throughout, that when passed by on the street they say, "Look! There goes Dao!"