I found this post really fascinating and had a bunch of questions for you.
I'm curious what type of meditation you did, for how long, and in what settings. You mentioned the three characteristics - did you try to notice them rapidly?
Have you read Mastering the Core Teachings of the Buddha or talked to Daniel Ingram about this? He's described meditation as self-induced neurodiversity.
I'm specifically curious about what exactly you were experiencing when you wrote this, and if it's gone away at all. You didn't go into too much detail about it but I'd like to know how meditation specifically affected your vision and thinking and the other changes you mentioned.
I'm a firm believer that positive change and full enlightenment are possible through meditation and have done some retreats to try to get there, but never had anything like this happen. I've spoken with many other people who have done a lot of meditation and haven't heard of these effects, and some of these don't even seem discussed by Willoughby Britton.
Do you still think it's possible to break free through meditation? Do you think that's religious bullshit and the people who claim to have done that are delusional? Do you think it's possible but too risky and in your case the side effects are too difficult?
Four years, 142 hearts, and no comments?
I found this post really fascinating and had a bunch of questions for you.
I'm curious what type of meditation you did, for how long, and in what settings. You mentioned the three characteristics - did you try to notice them rapidly?
Have you read Mastering the Core Teachings of the Buddha or talked to Daniel Ingram about this? He's described meditation as self-induced neurodiversity.
I'm specifically curious about what exactly you were experiencing when you wrote this, and if it's gone away at all. You didn't go into too much detail about it but I'd like to know how meditation specifically affected your vision and thinking and the other changes you mentioned.
I'm a firm believer that positive change and full enlightenment are possible through meditation and have done some retreats to try to get there, but never had anything like this happen. I've spoken with many other people who have done a lot of meditation and haven't heard of these effects, and some of these don't even seem discussed by Willoughby Britton.
Do you still think it's possible to break free through meditation? Do you think that's religious bullshit and the people who claim to have done that are delusional? Do you think it's possible but too risky and in your case the side effects are too difficult?