Uses and misuses of mindfulness meditation

[firecat]

Executive summary: It's a tool, and as with many tools, you can either create/repair nifty stuff with it, or you can injure yourself with it.

http://www.tricycle.com/blog/meditation-nation

This helps me understand why, although I love studying Buddhism and listening to dharma talks, I resist the meditation part -- I've done enough of it to sense that there might be a lot of pain to wade through if I do it a lot more. (Not recommending this behavior, just observing.)

Comments

[shehasathree]

You might be interested in the discussion we had over on friendly_crips about "the dark side of mindfulness meditation" a little while ago. http://friendly-crips.livejournal.com/201062.html

[firecat]

Thanks! I remember seeing that go by, I don't remember why I didn't comment at the time.