Meditation as its known today is a western phenomenan. It is a secularized form of an eastern religious ritual, the ultimate goal of which is ego death. Mindf

Meditation as its known today is a western phenomenan. It is a secularized form of an eastern religious ritual, the ultimate goal of which is ego death. Mindfulness is a trendy feel-good fuzzy yoga mom term that's often used to sell something. For many who adopt routine secularized meditation, it becomes a great exercise in Missing The Point, the point being ego death. It's a very strange thing to kill the ego but then immediately return to an egocentric life, with all the hustle and bustle and manufactured stresses. After all, this ritual typicaly accompanies a fairly ascetic lifestyle. Meditation, for me, a Roman Christian, is more akin to contemplation in the Greek stoic sense. It's good to set aside some time each day to just sit and think, to reflect on things.