If “mindfulness” meant anything, the author couldn’t get away with saying what it REALLY means. So what is she doing in this piece?
@Meaningness "Revealing the Hidden Meaning" i.e. manufacturing esoteric doctrine is a tried and true business model.
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@St_Rev Yes; and “[dubious concept] REALLY means [what I am selling]” has been the main Buddhist rhetorical strategy for 2000 years. -
@Meaningness Yeah. Was mildly disappointed to learn the other day that the story of Hui Neng is mostly political fabrication. -
@St_Rev Yeah, I was mildly disappointed when I learned that (years ago) too.
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@St_Rev@Meaningness and “I can see what your true / hidden motives are, even though you can not” is a tried and true means of manipulation -
@badgermind@Meaningness Human trust heuristics are REALLY hackable. It's horrifying. -
@St_Rev@badgermind Would be interesting to know how many people decide “I totally know how to start a cult, but won’t cuz it’s wrong.” -
@Meaningness@St_Rev Idea for article: the “actual meaning” of Buddhism is creating a benign cult to keep sheep out of darker ones :) -
@badgermind@St_Rev Intriguing idea! Isaac Bonewits used to recommend Silva Mind Control on the theory that as cults go, it’s benign. -
@Meaningness@badgermind I know of a number of smart people who got heavily into Gurdjieff and at least don't seem to have been hurt by it.
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