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It strikes me as odd to depict improving soldiers' performance as a distortion of mindfulness without mentioning the long history of meditation in the martial a
by harimau777 7y ago
It strikes me as odd to depict improving soldiers' performance as a distortion of mindfulness without mentioning the long history of meditation in the martial arts.
- gherkinnn 7y agoThat’s because the current mindfulness (something about that term irks me) trend originated in hippie circles. Or at least, everybody I came cross using that term was of a notable flowery persuasion. Not meditation, mind you. But mindfulness. So it’s not surprising that some are shocked to find a core part of their identity is used as a tool to improve those parts of humanity they despise the most.
- szemet 7y agoAlso there is: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhagavad_Gita#Narrative https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhagavad_Gita#Narrative If this is not a traditional example, then what?