When I read articles like this, I’m reminded that you can overdose by taking any extreme. It was a great read discussing their experience, but seems to warn a v

When I read articles like this, I’m reminded that you can overdose by taking any extreme. It was a great read discussing their experience, but seems to warn a very small dedicated group who will take it to the extreme when very few will ever do so in the first place. The stoics, buddhists, and taoists all had a similar idea of moderation of two extremes. The similar idea of having a dark night of the soul because you are imbalanced in some way leading to a crisis of faith. Even Shugendo/Yamabushi practices are a long extended journey where meditation is met with physical exhaustion. Thus it balances itself out. It’s a lifelong practice and seems the awareness is doing its job of making one aware of the pain to work through. I don’t think Buddhism is the problem here, the over attachment to it seems to have left the author with suffering.