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Sure. I think meditation has become popular specifically because we no longer just do "nothing" anymore, so people need to now dedicate time to doing nothing, j
by Aromasin 7y ago
Sure. I think meditation has become popular specifically because we no longer just do "nothing" anymore, so people need to now dedicate time to doing nothing, just like we devote time to fitness. Evolutionarily speaking, I imagine humans spent vasts amount of time doing nothing over the past few million years - so one would think that it could be somehow vital to our physiology. I wouldn't be surprised if we find out in the near future that it's just as an important process as sleep for our mental health.
- badpun 7y agoI suspect people in the past were mostly doing nothing in the company of other people (family, tribe), which is a social activity in itself, and thus very different than laying in bed and staring at the ceiling all alone (this is how I imagine doing nothing looks like for people without a family).