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This just in: those prone to lose touch with reality ended up losing touch with reality after engaging in practices that help you lose touch with reality.

seigando 6y ago
That’s... not what this kind of meditation is about. Nor is that necessarily what happened. Shockingly ignorant and dismissive of you.
- prophesi 6y ago
  I read the article. > For a cumulative ten hours and forty-five minutes, she sat cross-legged on a rug, her spine erect, and tried to focus on her breath. This practice _will_ cause disassociation at some point, which is precisely what happened when she broke out into psychosis after engaging in the practice for 60+ total hours.
  - seigando 6y ago
    ...so you're qualified to make that sort of statement? Got any publications to back it up for example? Concentrating on something for a cumulative 10 hours and 45 minutes is actually not uncommon in the slightest. Does everyone who focuses on something for that long disassociate? Or just people who focus on their breath? Why is it that good posture and focusing on one's breath in particular would cause 'disassociation' if that's your claim? Maybe you go through life constantly asserting and believing things that are in no way true....with no experience nor credentials nor having even read any literature to back any of them up...
    - prophesi 6y ago
      Meditation-induced psychosis. Look it up. Don't act so ignorant and dismissive.
      - seigando 6y ago
        I'm vastly more familiar with it than you are dude. Sorry that me pointing out you don't know what you're talking about triggered you. It's not a healthy state of mind to assume you know more than others about things you actually know very little.
        prophesi 6y ago
        I like how you explain to me how it's unhealthy to assume you know more than others right after assuming that you know more than me on this topic.
        seigando 6y ago
        I'm not assuming. You've demonstrated your knowledge on the subject.
        prophesi 6y ago
        We're this far into the thread and you've yet to tell me why I'm so wrong, and why you're the guru.
        seigando 6y ago
        It's not my job to read or reread my comments for you. If you have trouble asking questions, that's on you.
        prophesi 6y ago
        Sorry, I didn't respond to your list of questions because you misread my claim in the first place.
        seigando 6y ago
        Really? Didn't seem to be much there to misinterpret. edit: also, instead of clarifying what you meant, you doubled down on your claims. That doesn't speak to me of misinterpretation on my part.

seigando 6y ago

That’s... not what this kind of meditation is about. Nor is that necessarily what happened. Shockingly ignorant and dismissive of you.

prophesi 6y ago
I read the article. > For a cumulative ten hours and forty-five minutes, she sat cross-legged on a rug, her spine erect, and tried to focus on her breath. This practice _will_ cause disassociation at some point, which is precisely what happened when she broke out into psychosis after engaging in the practice for 60+ total hours.
- seigando 6y ago
  ...so you're qualified to make that sort of statement? Got any publications to back it up for example? Concentrating on something for a cumulative 10 hours and 45 minutes is actually not uncommon in the slightest. Does everyone who focuses on something for that long disassociate? Or just people who focus on their breath? Why is it that good posture and focusing on one's breath in particular would cause 'disassociation' if that's your claim? Maybe you go through life constantly asserting and believing things that are in no way true....with no experience nor credentials nor having even read any literature to back any of them up...
  - prophesi 6y ago
    Meditation-induced psychosis. Look it up. Don't act so ignorant and dismissive.
    - seigando 6y ago
      I'm vastly more familiar with it than you are dude. Sorry that me pointing out you don't know what you're talking about triggered you. It's not a healthy state of mind to assume you know more than others about things you actually know very little.
      - prophesi 6y ago
        I like how you explain to me how it's unhealthy to assume you know more than others right after assuming that you know more than me on this topic.
        seigando 6y ago
        I'm not assuming. You've demonstrated your knowledge on the subject.
        prophesi 6y ago
        We're this far into the thread and you've yet to tell me why I'm so wrong, and why you're the guru.
        seigando 6y ago
        It's not my job to read or reread my comments for you. If you have trouble asking questions, that's on you.
        prophesi 6y ago
        Sorry, I didn't respond to your list of questions because you misread my claim in the first place.
        seigando 6y ago
        Really? Didn't seem to be much there to misinterpret. edit: also, instead of clarifying what you meant, you doubled down on your claims. That doesn't speak to me of misinterpretation on my part.