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> there's no real difference between you, me, and Mr. Gautama in mental structure. This is just not true. There are athletes with sub 100ms reaction time. The
by 0x1ceb00da 2y ago
> there's no real difference between you, me, and Mr. Gautama in mental structure.
This is just not true. There are athletes with sub 100ms reaction time. The average person is over twice of that. It only makes sense that there are meditative athletes whose abilities surpass those of the average guy.
- saulpw 2y agoIn your analogy, we are all capable of running (probably), even if some of us are better at it.
- swayvil 2y agoThe ancient meditation wizards of yore preferred to recruit those with "habitual one-pointed attention" (these days we call them aspergers etc). Because they are uncommonly good at concentration.
- jackdawipper 2y agolol, aspergers et al, are the opposite to good at concentrating.
- swayvil 2y agoThat is incorrect.
- pas 2y agoit's not that simple. (neither meditation nor Aspergers [high-functioning autism].) there are at least a hundred[0] traditional techniques for meditation. one needs to find those that work. for someone with a highly monotropic autistic trait techniques that work with a singular focus are probably more well-suited, while someone with "kind of the opposite" (hello ADHD people) should try those that are more cognitively active, have mindfulness elements, and build rich imaginary worlds. [0] 112 in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vij%C3%B1%C4%81na_Bhairava_Tantra https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vij%C3%B1%C4%81na_Bhairava_Tan...
- swayvil 2y agoYeah monotropic. That's what I'm talking about.