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So reading through this it's kind of interesting to look between the lines. There has always been vapid social vampires in our midst that would leech from othe

So reading through this it's kind of interesting to look between the lines. There has always been vapid social vampires in our midst that would leech from others around them in any way that they could. It could be in monetary support, social and emotional support etc... And these vampires would do it naturally never thinking to give anything in return. The rise of the selfie cam and social media has created even more of these vampires. Now when I read this article about mindfulness promoting selfishness what I actually see is people who are preyed upon by these vampires stop being prey when they embrace mindfulness. I suppose when you are the vampire and you are no longer to Leach your happiness from others you would consider that other person selfish. In reality this is more that people embracing mindfulness are incredibly attuned to their surroundings and the people that they interact with and realize what's happening and simply are holding up a mirror. These social vampires like the vampires of fantasy see nothing and thus call other selfish for refusal to be prey.

Jensson 4y ago
How do you draw that conclusion when the study says: "Experiments 2a-2c found that induced state mindfulness reduced the willingness to engage in reparative behaviors in normally guilt-inducing situations." This is about people who has has wronged others becoming less likely to make up for it after practicing mindfulness. Meaning, this is about mindfulness making more vapid social vampires who just take without giving back since it reduces guilt, not about people being more resistant to them.
- Schroedingersat 4y ago
  Not to make any assumptions one way or another, but both the article's conclusions and your rebuttal are predicated on the initial feelings of guilt stemming from a genuine wrong. If we posit instead that the guilt stemmed from a bad faith interaction initiated by a 'vapid social vampire', then correctly rejecting the guilt would be consistent with rejecting said vampires. Ie. the truth of the grandparent's comment has no bearing on the results of this study (only its interpretation) or vice versa.

Jensson 4y ago

How do you draw that conclusion when the study says: "Experiments 2a-2c found that induced state mindfulness reduced the willingness to engage in reparative behaviors in normally guilt-inducing situations." This is about people who has has wronged others becoming less likely to make up for it after practicing mindfulness. Meaning, this is about mindfulness making more vapid social vampires who just take without giving back since it reduces guilt, not about people being more resistant to them.

Schroedingersat 4y ago
Not to make any assumptions one way or another, but both the article's conclusions and your rebuttal are predicated on the initial feelings of guilt stemming from a genuine wrong. If we posit instead that the guilt stemmed from a bad faith interaction initiated by a 'vapid social vampire', then correctly rejecting the guilt would be consistent with rejecting said vampires. Ie. the truth of the grandparent's comment has no bearing on the results of this study (only its interpretation) or vice versa.