Never liked the weird names given to types of "meditation" so here's an alternative taxonomy of "attention exercises" made up just now.
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The river walker "won". the lesson seems to be that using goals to concentrate yourself into flow states makes the time pass faster which is lazier b/c you experience less life suffering.
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Story could be flipped IMO. The river walker could be "disconnecting" from life like a pothead. Floating through life doesn't necessarily demonstrate the ability to carry the full burden of suffering as if it were a feather. (Rather it could be refusing responsibility.)
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The thing to remember, I believe, is that these are not individualized monks. They form a unity with their teacher: he knows who’s lazy minded and who’s sharp like a sword.
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