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> But then isn’t our whole life a sequence of meditations? Because we always focus on something (with sleep breaks). > Other gurus teach that meditation is “do
by endorphine 4y ago
> But then isn’t our whole life a sequence of meditations? Because we always focus on something (with sleep breaks).
> Other gurus teach that meditation is “doing nothing”. Okay, but then again there’s nothing special about it, we all do it from time to time.
This makes me wonder: have you ever felt overwhelmed by anxiety? Or experienced a panic attack? Or like you had so much stress that you couldn't eat, sleep or focus at all?
If so, you said that you tried meditation: did it help you at all?
Honest question, because from these statements sound to me like you perhaps don't see the value proposition of meditation.
- drewcoo 4y agoWow! This is the meaningful interrogation? "Have you ever been overwhelmed?" "Experienced a panic attack?" "Blah blah lotsa stress?" That is an advertisement. It's a way to sell something. It is no route to the truth. And "honest question" is laughable. Those questions are leading.
- endorphine 4y agoWell, I'm genuinely wondering if OP perhaps doesn't simply have the problem that meditation is supposed to help with. Personally I haven't tried it, but I can see the value proposition, precisely because it sometimes can get rough with my anxieties, so whatever helps me stay on the present sounds interesting. I wasn't trying to sell anything.
- aristofun 4y agoNo panic attacks in my experience. But plenty of stress and highly stressful events in my life. And only substantial value I got is a relaxation and calmness, some rest for the body and mind. But I might as well call it “self relaxation techniques” and ignore the whole meditation industry. So part of my question is - is there anything there except some common sense relaxation techniques?