Great article on the dark side - the difficulties and dramatic side-effects of intensive meditation practice. The popularization and secularization of mindfulness and meditation practices, and their association primarily with health and life-style benefits, has made it easy for people to forget that meditation is about training in understanding the nature of Mind and Reality. This is not a casual after-work activity but is part of a committed path of renunciation, one that is inevitably demanding and often terrifying and disorientating. Theres a reason why Tibetans for example see meditation as synonymous with committed religious practice, vow-taking, and guidance by a teacher.
Posted on: Wed, 25 Jun 2014 22:17:08 +0000