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These whole stages thing looks too much like a sales funnel. What if I don’t buy your descriptions and don’t accept this narrative? Then who is to decide whic
by aristofun 4y ago
These whole stages thing looks too much like a sales funnel.
What if I don’t buy your descriptions and don’t accept this narrative?
Then who is to decide which stage I’m at?
- jvanderbot 4y agoYou decide, and you're free to do as you see fit, including adjusting the goals or stages to match your experience, that's just first-hand (and second-hand, from others) testimony that you requested. The wealth of literature on the topic is at your disposal. My recommendations if you'd like to have a skim are Waking Up (Harris), Happiness Hypothesis (Haidt), both of which take a bird's eye view of the practices and try to position it with respect to both personal experience and medical establishment. Haidt is more scientific than Harris, but Harris is much more experienced.
- aristofun 4y agoI am grateful for sharing your personal experience. I’m not criticizing your experience, but rather the general picture described. The questions I would ask some monk representing some tradition. You gave a good answer btw, thanks.