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Honestly the bigger problem is probably that creating lasting habits is hard. Everyone knows that exercise is important but how many people maintain a consisten
by krzat 2y ago
Honestly the bigger problem is probably that creating lasting habits is hard. Everyone knows that exercise is important but how many people maintain a consistent routine?
With mindfulness it's even worse because there is no way to track how strong your equanimity is. You can't know if you are making progress or just deluding yourself.
- keybored 2y agoMy meditation book (The Mind Illuminated) divides everything into stages. And the strength of one’s mindfulness is discussed.
- hackernewds 2y agoCould you give a preview here?
- krzat 2y agoOur capacity for delusion is pretty robust. Culadasa's scandal is a good example.
- keybored 2y agoHe wrote in the book (2015) that sufficiently advanced meditation could replace years of therapy. That turned out to be wrong.
- imp0cat 2y agoPeople are creatures of comfort. That's why I'd disagree with your first sentence. I think creating long-lasting habits can be easy, in fact sometimes you don't even realize it happened until it's too late. Now getting rid of the bad habits and keeping only the good ones, that is the hard part.
- TomK32 2y agoI can only confirm this and still struggle whenever I want to create a new habit. Russel Barkley when speaking about ADHD in children suggests to prefer productivity over quality. Want to work out more? Go for a walk/run every day, start and don't bother about the distance or duration. Same for the gym, as long as you keep going there, doing whatever you improve the likelyhood of doing it better this or the next time.