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> obviously, some people are better at meditating This is not obvious to me. This is the message the meditation industry is trying to sell, and I'm not buying
by sevensor 9y ago
> obviously, some people are better at meditating
This is not obvious to me. This is the message the meditation industry is trying to sell, and I'm not buying it. We have a long history in the West of selling pre-packaged individually-wrapped enlightenment products and claiming they come from the East, where enlightenment was invented. But that's marketing, not reality.
- mistermann 9y ago> This is the message the meditation industry is trying to sell, and I'm not buying it. Why do you find this hard to believe? Meditation and mindfulness is a skill, there are in fact various techniques or approaches one can take to improve the effectiveness. Being opposed to charging money for this is one thing, denying its existence is something else.
- visarga 9y agoIt really is a skill. You can get good at it in a very short time, or in a lifetime, or never.