One minor quip that other comments do not seem to address - is that supposed to be a bad thing? I didn't notice what the article describes when I meditated (if

One minor quip that other comments do not seem to address - is that supposed to be a bad thing? I didn't notice what the article describes when I meditated (if anything I got nicer because my failure mode is being impatient/easily annoyed, and meditation helps with that), but one thing I did notice is that I really couldn't handle going to some meditation groups and any Buddhist ones, because of all the religious/compassionate fluff. To me meditation was always just form of great mental exercise. I thought it was just because of my atheism... but I guess it's also because I think the selfishness is a virtue, so trying to counteract it with some new age stuff never sat well with me.