Finally someone on HN who is not gaga about meditation. :-P In my understanding, meditation simply enables one to develop a heightened form of emotional detach

Finally someone on HN who is not gaga about meditation. :-P In my understanding, meditation simply enables one to develop a heightened form of emotional detachment that may help deal with life's vicissitudes. Of course, that's again treating the symptoms and does nothing to cure the unhappiness.