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That doesn't really jive with what I've read about "enlightenment", particularly from the study summarized here: https://slatestarcodex.com/2019/10/21/the-pnse
by tgb 6y ago
That doesn't really jive with what I've read about "enlightenment", particularly from the study summarized here:
https://slatestarcodex.com/2019/10/21/the-pnse-paper/ https://slatestarcodex.com/2019/10/21/the-pnse-paper/
In that, it describes people as outwardly exactly the same as before, but their internal experience changed dramatically. This sounds to be the opposite of what you're describing.
- leashless 6y agoWestern studies of these phenomena are in their infancy.
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- silveroriole 6y agoThanks for posting this. It’s interesting and goes some way towards explaining why everyone I’ve met who extols the benefits of meditation is just as prone to mistakes, ineptitude, emotional reactions, pissing people off, etc as everyone else but (unlike those who don’t meditate) seem to have no awareness of it and never apologise!