Regarding meditation, Kevin Fischer reported a surprising-to-me anecdote on FB yesterday:
I had one conversation with Soryu [the head of Monastic Academy / MAPLE] at a small party once. I mentioned that my feeling about meditation is that it’s really good for everyone when done for 15 minutes a day, and when done for much more than that forever, it’s much more complicated and sometimes harmful.
He straightforwardly agreed, and said he provides the environment for long term dedication to meditation because there is a market demand for that product. 🤷
He straightforwardly agreed, and said he provides the environment for long term dedication to meditation because there is a market demand for that product. 🤷
FWIW as a resident of MAPLE, my sense is Soryu believes something like:
“Smaller periods of meditation will help you relax/focus and probably have only a very small risk of harm. Larger/longer periods of meditation come with deeper risks of harm, but are also probably necessary to achieve awakening, which is important for the good of the world.”
But I am a newer resident and could easily misunderstanding here.
The correspondent’s reply here is helpful color on how things can get more complicated (e.g. shifts in how you perceive the actions/intentions of yourself & others) and sometimes harmful (e.g. extended stays in Dark Night).
Regarding meditation, Kevin Fischer reported a surprising-to-me anecdote on FB yesterday:
FWIW as a resident of MAPLE, my sense is Soryu believes something like:
“Smaller periods of meditation will help you relax/focus and probably have only a very small risk of harm. Larger/longer periods of meditation come with deeper risks of harm, but are also probably necessary to achieve awakening, which is important for the good of the world.”
But I am a newer resident and could easily misunderstanding here.
The correspondent’s reply here is helpful color on how things can get more complicated (e.g. shifts in how you perceive the actions/intentions of yourself & others) and sometimes harmful (e.g. extended stays in Dark Night).