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.)