People proselytize about the benefits of meditation and psychedelics with no real way of dealing with it when things go south. I don't just mean "an unpleasant experience that is recovered from" I mean protracted malaise and mental illness.
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I've heard about people getting stuck in the "dark night" through meditation. Can you shed any light on this?
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Offhand, I know that it is taken from Christian mysticism. Christian saints have described periods of spiritual aridity, sometimes lasting decades. But it's been taking up by the mindfulness/hardcore dharma crowd. I don't know if it means exactly the same thing.
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