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If you're considering a type of meditation, I suspect the consensus of Hacker News meditators is for Vipassana meditation. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5
by rms 17y ago
If you're considering a type of meditation, I suspect the consensus of Hacker News meditators is for Vipassana meditation. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=587032 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=587032 The book is free. http://mail.saigon.com/~anson/ebud/mfneng/mind0.htm http://mail.saigon.com/~anson/ebud/mfneng/mind0.htm
- richcollins 17y agoWhy would you suspect that Hacker News readers would be most interested in a meditation technique that is heavily grounded in metaphysics?
- rms 17y agoBecause it can be done as a technique while ignoring all of the voodoo-mumbo-jumbo. The book linked doesn't discuss the metaphysics. Just watch your breath, then be aware of all of the sensations in your body. Personally I find the metaphysics rather cute. For empirical evidence, I linked to a popular thread where few people had negative things to say about Vipassana. Of the people that suggested alternative meditation styles, one was modded to 3 points and one was at 1 points.