Harris practices meditation religiously in the same way that professional athletes train religiously. The difference is that people don’t conclude that one mus

Harris practices meditation religiously in the same way that professional athletes train religiously. The difference is that people don’t conclude that one must become a religious person to become an athlete. Describing training as religious evokes a definition of the word that has nothing to do with: > 1. Having or showing belief in and reverence for God or a deity. > 2. Of, concerned with, or teaching religion. Meditation is often (incorrectly) explicitly associated with religion and religiosity, which are orthogonal to a “religious” dedication to the practice, a practice that requires no adherence to religious ideas. I’m only splitting hairs here because the idea that there’s a religious connection remains pretty prevalent, and is a major misconception.