Can We End the Meditation Madness? (opens in new tab)

(nytimes.com)

7 pointsspariev10y ago7 comments

7 comments

Jogging in the 50-60s was what's meditation today: it was gaining popularity, but if you told someone you'll go for a run, they looked at your weird, asking "who's chasing you?"

This is something my mom told me before, and so I'm not quite sure how true it really is. But, if it was true, I'm sure there were a few articles out there titled "Can We End the Jogging Madness?"

xlm171710y ago

Timely example, given the Back to the Future craze of the past 24 hours. In the third movie, when Doc Brown is explaining the customs of future residents of Hill Valley, one of the people listening him exclaims, "Run for fun?! What the hell kind of fun is that?"

nefitty10y ago

Hm, weird that he didn't mention the thing that I thought most of us were chasing: increased productivity. I meditate and began meditating to increase my ability to concentrate on one thing at a time. I found it has helped tremendously. I do feel the stress alleviating effects as well. Honestly, any advantage that you can get in life is going to payoff in the long run. It seems to me that the author just wanted to bark about something to be the edgy contrarian of his social network.

vukmir10y ago

It seems to me that the author just wanted to bark about something to be the edgy contrarian of his social network.

In my opinion that is unfair assessment. From my reading of the article, the author is attacking the overzealous evangelists, not the meditation per se.

gregmorton10y ago

Can We End The Increased Productivity Madness?

r-w10y ago

So basically, liberty.

jcslzr10y ago

Why?

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