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My objection is that what they have "measured" had nothing to do with meditation as a practice of developing a habit of continuous, effortless self-awareness, a
by dschiptsov 13y ago
My objection is that what they have "measured" had nothing to do with meditation as a practice of developing a habit of continuous, effortless self-awareness, and that the practice itself, by definition, has nothing to do with morality.
- hosh 13y agoSo there are two separate things here. The first is whether or not developing a habit of continuous self-awareness is important. For the individual meditators like you and me, yeah, this is the goal. I don't expect others to try to reach this. It's not something that people who have not meditated, or who have not been graced with the realizations from meditation will understand why that is important. Until you reach that point, there is nothing in the world that will convince you of the importance. And even if you are persuaded that this is the standard, you're reacting to things inside of you that you are not aware of. You can't force someone to be mindful; why would you want to force someone to be continuously mindful? The second is why you are upset by this apparent lack in the article. Perhaps it is something to investigate on the cushion.