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"I’ve practiced meditation for over a decade with many, many traditions in and out of Buddhism and never heard of this concern. Not arguing that meditation can
by pmoriarty 5y ago
"I’ve practiced meditation for over a decade with many, many traditions in and out of Buddhism and never heard of this concern. Not arguing that meditation can’t have downsides, but I think you’re way over exaggerating them."
Here[1] is a recent HN discussion about an article[2] about just this. And here[3] is an earlier discussion about a similar article[4].
[1] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27890790 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27890790
[2] - https://danlawton.substack.com/p/when-buddhism-goes-bad https://danlawton.substack.com/p/when-buddhism-goes-bad
[3] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11752317 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11752317
[4] - http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/06/the-dark-knight-of-the-souls/372766/?single_page=true http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/06/the-dark-k...