Strongly upvoted, but is meditation actually useful? There seem to be a lot of people hoping for benefits, but rather fewer who have experienced them. Total agreement on the rest.
Using it to do neural annealing was definitely the biggest boost.
Other than that, the step where I shifted the focus from “let’s try to do well in formal practice” to “let’s focus primarily on integrating it into life (mostly focused on equanimity).
That’s not a minor exception. Also , you are assuming a framework where terminal values are fixed and subjective. That allows you to mathematically solve puzzles, but is not known to be true.
ETA would you take a pill that gave the objectively true values?
Strongly upvoted, but is meditation actually useful? There seem to be a lot of people hoping for benefits, but rather fewer who have experienced them. Total agreement on the rest.
I think I’ve experienced massive benefits, both in reduced suffering an increased productivity.
Do you have an idea of which part of your meditation journey helped the most with productivity?
Using it to do neural annealing was definitely the biggest boost.
Other than that, the step where I shifted the focus from “let’s try to do well in formal practice” to “let’s focus primarily on integrating it into life (mostly focused on equanimity).
For what? It makes no sense to suppose that instruments value is the only kind
I don’t understand who you’re suggesting has a terminal goal of meditation, except maybe those doing it for religious reasons.
A lot of people who have done a lot of meditation (me included) value mindfulness for its own sake.
That’s not a minor exception. Also , you are assuming a framework where terminal values are fixed and subjective. That allows you to mathematically solve puzzles, but is not known to be true.
ETA would you take a pill that gave the objectively true values?