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Comment preview: Back when I was in college I had a class with a professor who was studying the physiology of human stress. This was decades before there was an article in the news every day about the measured benefits of meditation. One of these benefits he called "trop ....
Comment preview: I feel a little bit bad for sharing because I am in direct contradiction to the most upvoted post. But maybe OP or others will benefit from my a different point of view. I don't really like the idea of setting a ticking clock on meditation, it seems to be ....
Comment preview: 1. If meditation feels like works, you're trying too hard. Dial your effort level down to medium. 2. The key to gaining the various benefits of meditation is... "showing up." Meditate regularly, and you will get results. 3. Even when it seems like nothing ....
Comment preview: This will probably get buried but I just want to point out that there is no one way to meditate. There are numerous different schools of thought but to simplify meditation can be divided into two categories: vipassana (or mindfulness) meditation and concen ....
Comment preview: Contrary to a lot of the advice on this thread, meditation is not just sitting down and trying to relax or some other vague concepts. There are many schools of meditation but each has its own very specific method and instructions that you *must* follow. ....
Comment preview: I think so...now watch me get attacked for saying that. Buddha said [believing in a personal creator god was wrong view](http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/nyanaponika/godidea.html). People with wrong view are born into lower realms. Ergo, the basi ....
Comment preview: I have left a retreat before, around day 5. And for basically the same reason: the teacher seemed to not be as rational as I'd hoped, the technique was simple, yet the teachings managed to be convoluted and redundant. However, nowadays I would never leave ....
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Comment preview: Another apt metaphor: actively trying to silence thoughts is like trying to smooth ripples in water with your hand. The more you *actively* try to do this, the more ripples you create. Mindfulness mediation is more like stepping back and simply watching th ....
Comment preview: Everything you describe to me sounds like an dopamine deficiency driven addictive behaviour. Essentially, individuals with lower levels of certain neurotransmitters may perceive life as bland and flat [You: "would you understand if I told you that I find p ....
Comment preview: You're correct. Put yourself in his shoes. He was 2 years old when the monks started searching for him. 15 years old when he was placed into power, and 24 years old when he had to flee his homeland because the Chinese government/military were invading and ....
Comment preview: Put yourself in the Dalai Lamas shoes. He was 2 years old when the monks started searching for him. 15 years old when he was placed into power, and 24 years old when he had to flee his homeland because the Chinese government/military were invading and she ....
Comment preview: I've seen a lot of conjecture on the Dalai Lama on reddit, but your misinformation definitely takes the momo. I'm going to paste something I always do into Tibetan threads on reddit, because there is always misinformation, and I will address other comments ....
Comment preview: An important thing to understand about mental illness is that it's defined in relation to the society in which the patient lives. Some cultures may regard ADHD as a personality trait, and some cultures may recognize the cluster of symptoms as being a dist ....
Comment preview: This is all very true, and a TL;DR for the text below. Put yourself in the Dalai Lamas shoes. He was 2 years old when the monks started searching for him. 15 years old when he was placed into power, and 24 years old when he had to flee his homeland becaus ....
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