A somewhat unpopular thing to say is that vipassana (and theravada Buddhism more generally) often pushes people towards a “disconnect from reality to stop suffering” trap. Not all Buddhism is like this, but it’s unfortunately the flavor that is currently most popular in the West because it’s what people constructed secular mindfulness practices out of.
Meditation should not result in leaving anything out. Maybe you need to focus and overcome reactive distractions for a time, but eventually that type of practice becomes pathological.
I actually hope you try meditating again. I think the lesson to take away is not “meditation bad after a point” but “a specific type of meditation stops being helpful after you learn what it has to teach you”.
A somewhat unpopular thing to say is that vipassana (and theravada Buddhism more generally) often pushes people towards a “disconnect from reality to stop suffering” trap. Not all Buddhism is like this, but it’s unfortunately the flavor that is currently most popular in the West because it’s what people constructed secular mindfulness practices out of.
Meditation should not result in leaving anything out. Maybe you need to focus and overcome reactive distractions for a time, but eventually that type of practice becomes pathological.
I actually hope you try meditating again. I think the lesson to take away is not “meditation bad after a point” but “a specific type of meditation stops being helpful after you learn what it has to teach you”.