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> I found the article a little disorganized and the author seems to be having trouble expounding a clear thesis. How many psychotic episodes have you had in yo
by cobbzilla 8y ago
> I found the article a little disorganized and the author seems to be having trouble expounding a clear thesis.
How many psychotic episodes have you had in your life?
Perhaps it is amazing that the author could even put words to paper to describe the experience. Yes, the piece is a bit rambling, but how often do you get a first-hand account of a visit to the Dark Night and back again?
The notion that meditation is not a universally "good" thing, that it might unlock parts of your mind that you might not want to (or be able to) deal with, is certainly worthy of exploration.
- coldtea 8y ago>Yes, the piece is a bit rambling, but how often do you get a first-hand account of a visit to the Dark Night and back again? All the time. From authors, from Dostoyevsky and Sartre to Hunter Thompson, to random people (seems a good chunk of Medium, for example, includes such experiences)
- sandGorgon 8y agoThe MCTB book - https://www.mctb.org https://www.mctb.org And the Dharma Overground wiki and forum https://www.dharmaoverground.org/web/guest/dharma-wiki/-/wiki/Main/MCTB https://www.dharmaoverground.org/web/guest/dharma-wiki/-/wik... I'm quite surprised that the article didn't link to it as a support and enthusiast resource for hardcore meditators (even though he mentions it)
- mruts 8y agoI’m bipolar and ha e gone through a number of experiences myself, both drug induced and otherwise. Many writers have described these kind of experiences with such poise and skill and I just think this guy falls short. With him being a journalist, I was just expecting a more coherent narrative and deeper introspection into his actual first person experience. I started off with him describing him arrested at a retreat but he never really seriously tried to make us understand his headspace.