The official story is, vipassana reveals that everything always sucked, you just didn’t notice. But maybe you just find what you’re told to.
@xuenay Yes—the logic of Hinayana is that recognizing suffering is what motivates you to leave the world. Lessening suffering would be bad.
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@Meaningness How compatible is it with modern neurosci, psych etc? (genuine question) Wouldn't expect those to predict increased suffering. -
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@Meaningness Since focusing on something does increase your sensory sensitivity to it, cf. http://lesswrong.com/lw/blr/attention_control_is_critical_for/ … . -
@xuenay Yes, that was why I thought one could expect increased suffering.
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@Meaningness Well, at least not in the long term, if done right. Actually n/m, I think they'd probably predict that it could go either way.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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