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I feel like there's probably something better I could do, especially if the effects of meditation aren't as noticeable outside of your meditation period as the

I feel like there's probably something better I could do, especially if the effects of meditation aren't as noticeable outside of your meditation period as the author suggests. Not to diminish the OP's accomplishment, but he only meditated for 100 days. Even if you're as disciplined as he was, you're only scratching the surface at 3 months. If you want the perennial peace of a monk or a master, that takes years. But it's about the process and the work as much as the result. Most of us have decades of conditioning in a high-stress, competitive society (and, if you believe in karma, possibly eons of difficult karma). We're also evolved to survive in a much harsher environment than the one we're in now. You're not going to undo all of that in 3 months, but you can make a surprising amount of progress.

krsunny 13y ago
To me, meditation seems like an entirely self serving activity. As an analogy (and probably not a very good one) what if electrons began to meditate 60 minutes per day? They lose their charge and basically do nothing? Or what if birds and bees began to meditate? I think the result of all that would be pretty obvious.
- michaelochurch 13y ago
  Your first error is assuming that meditation is "doing nothing". Meditation is an attempt to get past the shallow chatter of mostly negative thoughts that drains us, and closer to the deeper nature of mind. Perhaps the electron, which fulfills its physical contract perfectly, is already in a state of pure meditation. Who knows? As for whether animals meditate and what would happen if they did, I have no idea.
- locopati 13y ago
  You could say something similar about sleep. Yet our bodies and minds need sleep to recharge. I could say something similar about meditation, but it's something you must experience. If you're curious, try it and see what happens, an experiment, as it were.

krsunny 13y ago

To me, meditation seems like an entirely self serving activity. As an analogy (and probably not a very good one) what if electrons began to meditate 60 minutes per day? They lose their charge and basically do nothing? Or what if birds and bees began to meditate? I think the result of all that would be pretty obvious.

michaelochurch 13y ago
Your first error is assuming that meditation is "doing nothing". Meditation is an attempt to get past the shallow chatter of mostly negative thoughts that drains us, and closer to the deeper nature of mind. Perhaps the electron, which fulfills its physical contract perfectly, is already in a state of pure meditation. Who knows? As for whether animals meditate and what would happen if they did, I have no idea.
locopati 13y ago
You could say something similar about sleep. Yet our bodies and minds need sleep to recharge. I could say something similar about meditation, but it's something you must experience. If you're curious, try it and see what happens, an experiment, as it were.