Chapter 20
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When he said the words “in the flesh,” Vitalius Kohl gave me a ghoulish smile. He liked the sound of those words.
“That seems likely to be psychologically unhealthy, to say the least,” I said. I took another large gulp of wine, because I needed it. “Won’t you just give everyone PTSD?”
“Some people will certainly develop PTSD and other psychological disorders,” he conceded. This obviously wasn’t something that bothered him in the slightest. “Chöd is dangerous too, that’s the reason the Tibetan masters were so tragically cautious about who they taught it to. They were worried that it would make a less experienced meditator become unhinged, neglecting the rapid progress their entire tradition could have made if they had simply been willing to take their chances and tea
