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I think "real purpose" is maybe overly prescriptive, esp. if you just don't care about spiritual stuff, that said Euvie has a great point.

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The real purpose of meditation is not to make you calmer or nicer, It's to understand what you really are.

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it depends what kind of 'meditation' you mean. concentration practice definitely makes you calmer and nicer, if you're doing it properly

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Agreed. Though if you view "real purpose" through the lens of the established traditions, obviously it has a purpose beyond just that.

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people go into it for different things, and that's fine. The final treasure, as far as I can tell, is worth getting, but there's no rush.

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Agreement. My point was also that there is a different point at different levels of analysis, and it depends on what you want as well.

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