Meditation gone wronghttps://twitter.com/webdevMason/status/1242491649197891584 …
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Replying to @reasonisfun
I wonder how many people meditate this way for hundreds of hours and later regret it. I did. Unfortunately this form of meditation seems to be spreading. A lot of people are aiming for equanimity and ending up with apathy.
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Replying to @univ_explainer
(Sorry to hear that!) Are there names for the different kinds of meditation which separate out this dissociated kind? Or is it more about how a teacher leads it? Any recommendations for better/worse kinds of meditation?
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Replying to @reasonisfun @univ_explainer
I’ve been ranting about this for years. The goal of mainstream Buddhism (“Sutrayana”) is not easily distinguishable from deep depression. The methods were designed to induce that state. This is not what most contemporary people want. I think this has been something of a disaster
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Oh no. How does one get out of this?
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Would like to answer but not sure what “this” is here… current meditation-induced depression, or a meditation system that may point in the wrong direction, or …?
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Mostly the former but now curious about the latter. Vipassana camp attended 4 years ago since then practiced on and off and this reflects my current experience. Helped me a lot back then. Recently... I just don’t even sit anymore.
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Ah! Sorry to hear. Yes, “stop meditating” is the most important first step. Not a lot of meditation teachers will say that (some will).
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Then if still motivated, one might conceptually investigate the principles and functions of different meditation systems, to get a sense of which are credible, which align with the direction you want to head in, which have methods that seem enjoyable and relevant for you
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Replying to @cigardubey
Unfortunately it has to be a research project… there are no very good overview resources that I know of :(
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