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> Does mindfulness work for everybody? Deepends on your karma. People who start meditating often get on a pink cloud and they mistake that for a proof that me
by chewz 7y ago
> Does mindfulness work for everybody?
Deepends on your karma.
People who start meditating often get on a pink cloud and they mistake that for a proof that meditation is working for them. As this feeling washes away with time some people get disapointed and give up while some try chasing it. Sort of like chasing runners high.
[meditation as any other sport attracts certain number of narcistic over-achievers with compulsion for controling reality]
But some people - no matter what attracted them to meditation - make suprising progress.
Also some people had been meditators in past lifes so they are naturals :-)
PS. Bear in mind that insight meditation / mindfulness is styling itself as millenia old practice but in fact had been created in 2nd part of XIX century as reaction to British colonialism.
First teaching of fan-down meditation for laypeople took place in Rangoon in 1911. Silicon Valey took it recently to next level with 10 minutes a day mindfulness apps.
Does it work? Well there are also 7-pushups-a-day apps. Do they work? Do they provide same benefits as professional years long athlete training?
https://tricycle.org/magazine/meditation-en-masse/ https://tricycle.org/magazine/meditation-en-masse/