Eastern traditions warn you heavily about going down this path, atleast not without guidance. This is why I cringe everytime some illiterate moron in the West

Eastern traditions warn you heavily about going down this path, atleast not without guidance. This is why I cringe everytime some illiterate moron in the West steals something that piques his interest (vipassana, yoga, tantra, kamasutra etc.) and runs with it after divorcing everything that the practice was originally situated in. Ultimately, the outputs of occidental philosophers these days aren't even that interesting. It's mostly just justifying whatever is in vogue, and nothing more. Very cringey social-climbing.