"Beware of wisdom that is not earned" - Carl Jung
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Haha, yes!
Or, reading a thousand books about meditation while doing very little meditation.
Just because someone can eloquently formulate other people's ideas, does not make them wise.
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Agreed: there is no substitute for practice. The benefits of meditation simply can't be understood without *doing*.
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It's funny how many people think they're qualified because they can discuss canon academically (if they understand it is another matter.)
Makes you wonder if these same people would consider themselves Chess grandmasters because they remember lots of tournament sets.
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Also funny when people ask me where I read about something I said, and I reply with "uhh, I just meditated a shit ton" and they give me a weird look, like they can't imagine knowing ones own mind from the inside.
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Ah yes, the old classic:
Very Smart Meditator: "The frontiers of science have only just started touching this stuff. We rely on tradition and experimentation."
Also Very Smart Meditator: "What do you mean, you 'experiment'?"