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What sort of meditation practice did you do?

• skilled 5y ago
  I was never initiated or dedicated myself to a specific practice. I can say today it was a mix of mindfulness and practical Vipassana. I think one of the things people complain about when it comes to meditation is concentration. I was not one of those people. It came extremely natural to me.
  • ssijak 5y ago
    Complaining about concentration is like starting to train soccer and complaining that you are not on a Messi level and dropping it.
  • kranner 5y ago
    Personally I agree that meditation isn't appropriate for everyone. But a specific issue about Vipassana is that it is marketed as a panacea, though historically it was developed as a practice to make monks out of householders. If it's causing detachment, it's working as intended. Anhedonia is the flip side of the end of suffering.
  • astrange 5y ago
    The same for me - I found mindfulness meditation easy and it’s concerning that it comes with all these “relaxation” “stress reduction” “empty your mind” memes. I don’t need that, I need a technique for the opposite of that. Unfortunately there’s no good secular Tantra.