Understanding depression as “a really horrible version of Zen Buddhism that’s not half as funny,” “an eternal painful now.” https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2017/12/07/feeling-the-future/ … by @sarahdoingthing This is why meditating when depressed may be a really bad idea!
Yes, important points here! The untrained body-mind needs to anchor itself to something good (metta) and/or cut - or see through (vipassana) - the chains of identification with the depression; the tangled web of verbal thoughts, visual thoughts, and emotional somatic sensations.
