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It's right in line with the commodification of meditation and yoga. They are being marketed as a means of improving productivity instead of ends in themselves.
by nemo1618 9y ago
It's right in line with the commodification of meditation and yoga. They are being marketed as a means of improving productivity instead of ends in themselves. Even scarier is the implication that if your job is stressing you out, the only solution is to meditate -- i.e. you are the problem, not your job.
- hprotagonist 9y agojust so.
- 52-6F-62 9y ago>Even scarier is the implication that if your job is stressing you out, the only solution is to meditate -- i.e. you are the problem, not your job. Certainly. To go a little further I would hope that it's not something coopted to salve one's situation, but rather to gain clarity on what your issue might be exactly, and what you might do to resolve it -- whether that means altering the arrangement of your time, or finding a new job, starting a family, going back to school, picking up a new hobby, or quitting everything and joining a monastery. It can be useful to "quiet the mind", and observe what you are actually thinking and feeling. Sometimes the noise of day-to-day living can be all-consuming -- enter some platitudes about "life passing you by". I agree with the danger of applying it as if it's that you just have to temper your desires and placate yourself, while thinking that it's only some sort of neuroticism that is causing any suffering in the situation.