it's ok to not meditate if you don't enjoy it
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Alan Watts said that the only reason to meditate—or do any spiritual practice—is if you enjoy it. All else (like trying to attain some arbitrary state of mental clarity through it) is missing the point.
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He also died an alcoholic
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I think he's wrong about this one. Sometimes zen teachers get too far up their own ass and end up saying meditation is pointless. While it's true you don't need to meditate, there is also no other reliable way to understand zen teachings firsthand.
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They say it’s pointless as an upaya: to get you not to do it with the intention of attaining clarity or understanding, which is the only thing impeding your attainment of clarity and understanding.
“Backwards law.“ Stop trying to get it and you’ll have it.