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I haven't seen any evidence, even anecdotal, that you can _damage_ yourself from too much meditation, in a way analogous to an elite athlete. Bad technique can
by dood 10y ago
I haven't seen any evidence, even anecdotal, that you can _damage_ yourself from too much meditation, in a way analogous to an elite athlete.
Bad technique can lead to problems like depersonalization, and people can get something like an addiction to jhanas - but as far as I know elite meditators simply get more and more "enlightened". In some cases this may lead them to join a monastery or become a hermit, but whether this is problematic depends on your point of view.
- mindfulgeek 10y agoAgreed.. Not like an athlete. Maybe more like someone who masturbates too much? They won't grow hair on their palms or stop growing, but certainly may become a hermit :) Although I have heard several anecdotal stories of people going coocoo after raising their kundalini energy. Maybe their physical bodies were intact, but their minds were melted.