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Perhaps it might make your aunt feel better if you read some Christian-influenced spirituality? I'd say look into anything by Bernadette Roberts (great insights on the evolution of "no self" from a Catholic woman, a former nun, in fact) or Fr Anthony DeMello. Then you can show her, "Look! Nun! Jesuit Priest!"
But those are really good, insightful authors. The Roberts material might knock you for a loop. It did the first time I read it, but later I re-read and I knew what she was talking about because I'd experienced it by that point. And DeMello is just an all-around brilliant bloke, IMHO.
In fact, there's a LOT to be learned from reading the works of Christian mystics, even if you don't follow that brand of religion or the worldview. Juan de la Cruz (John of the Cross) and Teresa de Avila (both now saints, thankyou) come to mind for particularly good mystical writings. There are lots of others, too, of course
May the light surround you, may you be blessed. May the light surround us, may we be blessed. May love and light surround us all, and may we all be healed and blessed. And so it is, and so it shall be, now and ever after.
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