Nailed it.
This is my problem with overly scientific emphasis with meditation; you advertise one thing, then present a tool for something completely different. twitter.com/Failed_Buddhis
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I feel that it's a degeneration, a debasement of the practice to do so. The actual lineages never do this, as far as I know. The warning labels come up front; the attitude is fundamentally esoteric anyway.
I understand the utilitarian argument, but I think it is deeply flawed.
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(Not to say doing things the old-fashioned way is always right, but I think it is in this aspect.)
Thanks, will be curious to see that.
Tell me about it. Nothing at all weird or disorientating about seeing microexpressions all the time or hearing your voice an octave higher in your eardrums...
To say nothing of other, more interesting phenomena.
I once recommended meditation to someone, so they unearted a bunch of trauma and said "what the fuck do you want me to do with this?"
Took a while to stabilize, but it's better now.
That said, not everyone stabilizes.
(In fairness, I did mention it could happen - but still.)
Me too. It's one of his absolute best ideas, imo. His precision with language is also appreciated. Even if you disagree, it's easy to see where/why.
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We're both lowballing it, too.