Re:Author of ‘Sapiens’ on how meditation made him a better h...
by njx on Sunday March 19, 2017 @02:56PM
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One starts meditation due to past life patterns and inclinations. Then as you keep increasing the effort, it becomes enjoyable. The purpose of meditation is towards self growth and rest of things are side effects.
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Re:Author of ‘Sapiens’ on how meditation made him a better h...
by samblr on Sunday March 19, 2017 @02:58PM
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>> "One starts meditation due to past life patterns and inclinations" - how is this true ?
Re:Author of ‘Sapiens’ on how meditation made him a better h...
by ChrisLTD on Sunday March 19, 2017 @03:13PM
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It's such a broad statement that it's impossible for it not to be true.
Re:Author of ‘Sapiens’ on how meditation made him a better h...
by robobro on Sunday March 19, 2017 @04:17PM
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Doesn't sound like healthy skepticism or productive empiricism to me...
Re:Author of ‘Sapiens’ on how meditation made him a better h...
by samblr on Sunday March 19, 2017 @03:24PM
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"broad statement that it's impossible for it not to be true?" - Do you have more examples of these ?
Re:Author of ‘Sapiens’ on how meditation made him a better h...
by johnchristopher on Sunday March 19, 2017 @05:46PM
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I found some:
You have a great need for other people to like and admire you.
You have a great deal of unused capacity, which you have not turned to your advantage.
Disciplined and self-controlled outside, you tend to be worrisome and insecure inside.
You prefer a certain amount of change and variety and become dissatisfied when hemmed in by restrictions and limitations.
You pride yourself as an independent thinker and do not accept others statements without satisfactory proof.
You have a tendency to be critical of yourself.
At times you have serious doubts as to whether you have made the right decision or done the right thing.
At times you are extroverted, sociable, while at other times you are introverted, wary, reserved.
While you have some personality weaknesses, you are generally able to compensate for them.
Re:Author of ‘Sapiens’ on how meditation made him a better h...
by hythloday on Sunday March 19, 2017 @09:32PM
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In the literature these are called Barnum Statements (after PT Barnum, of "there's one born every minute").
Re:Author of ‘Sapiens’ on how meditation made him a better h...
by ChrisLTD on Tuesday March 28, 2017 @12:55PM
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"My entire life lead up to this point"
Re:Author of ‘Sapiens’ on how meditation made him a better h...
by westoncb on Sunday March 19, 2017 @03:18PM
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I think what he's getting at is people often start to 'fix something' from there life. They don't start because it's enjoyable but because they see it as a solution to a problem they have.
Re:Author of ‘Sapiens’ on how meditation made him a better h...
by njx on Sunday March 19, 2017 @05:16PM
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This is mainly from personal observations and after reading tons of material. The answers to all personal or self issues are deep within us and that can be bubbled up only through deep meditations. I remember when I was a kid, started reading books on yoga and meditation all by myself even though there was no one in my family doing it. I sometime reflect on why at that age felt the need to do meditation. The only reasoning is due to past life habits and inclination.
I meditated even though sometimes it gave me headaches but now i can easily sit 2-3 hours.
Re:Author of ‘Sapiens’ on how meditation made him a better h...
by SiVal on Sunday March 19, 2017 @08:42PM
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The only reasoning is due to past life habits and inclination.
I suspect there may be other explanations at least as plausible.
Re:Author of ‘Sapiens’ on how meditation made him a better h...
by finid on Sunday March 19, 2017 @07:25PM
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I think that's just his way of saying that things we like to do or don't like to do in this incarnation are informed by events from previous incarnations.
That makes sense if you believe in reincarnation.
Re:Author of ‘Sapiens’ on how meditation made him a better h...
by yorwba on Monday March 20, 2017 @04:04AM
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I parsed it as "past (life patterns) and inclinations" which seemed vacuously true to me, since everything anyone does is influenced by these things.
Apparently, others parsed it as "(past life) patterns and inclinations", which does sound like an unsubstantiated claim about reincarnation.
Thank you for helping me understand the skepticism expressed in this branch of the comment tree.