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Attend a 10-day vipassana retreat. They are donation-based and all over the world. https://www.dhamma.org/en-US/locations/directory https://www.dhamma.org/en-U
by andrei_says_ 9y ago
Attend a 10-day vipassana retreat. They are donation-based and all over the world.
https://www.dhamma.org/en-US/locations/directory https://www.dhamma.org/en-US/locations/directory
This will bring back + tremendously improve your attention span, in 10 days, guaranteed.
Once you leave the retreat, you will encounter the same environment and habits which robbed you of it. Which you will need to address.
Knowing that social media is being intentionally weaponized to extract attention from its users is helpful as your attitude toward social media and internet usage is likely a big part of it.
- amoorthy 9y agoI did this retreat and found it to be extremely valuable (http://www.curiousjuice.com/blog-0/bid/141396/Vipassana-10-days-of-solitary-confinement-and-insights-gained-from-it http://www.curiousjuice.com/blog-0/bid/141396/Vipassana-10-d...). However, its value only carries if you continue meditating daily, at least for 30min, which I haven't done and I suspect most of us will struggle to do after the retreat. I agree with the last point that most tech is aimed to get your attention and few things are actually worth it. I'm working on a model for news/media that addresses this shortcoming.
- mr_overalls 9y agoThis is a bit like recommending a marathon to someone who is sedentary. Building a daily meditation habit of at least 20-30 minutes of sustained attention might be a good preliminary step.
- andrei_says_ 9y agoI disagree. Isolating from an environment which supports constant interruption and does not support focus, is incredibly important. Also, meditation is not running, meditation is rest.
- observation 9y agoI don't know, it might be much easier. I myself went on one, found it helped concentration, but neglected to keep up a daily practice since.
- nukeop 9y agoMeditation is an inferior alternative to prayer
- dukeflukem 9y agoSuch a bold statement. You have to explain why.
- nukeop 9y agoPrayer has been helping people for thousands of years, meditation is a new-age, godless impostor.
- krapp 9y agoPrayer has never helped anyone, unless you consider the placebo effect to be helpful. In which case prayer is no more or less useful than meditation.
- nukeop 9y agoCommunion with the divine is not a "placebo effect". it has a profound effect on the mental and intellectual condition.
- andrei_says_ 9y ago