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Re:Show HN: Life calendar – use the concept of Memento mori ... by krageon on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @10:57AM (#29981013)
> Mindfulness

Mindfulness is a product of an industry seeking to capitalise on the yoga pants (and later suits) demographic, to great success. Let's not legitimise it by using it as an example of healthy thinking, because it's not.

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Re:Show HN: Life calendar – use the concept of Memento mori ... by wobblybubble on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @12:29PM (#29982517)
Mindfulness is an English translation of the Buddhist word “sati” which Buddhists use to describe one particular quality of meditation. To dismiss it because some people have coopted it would be like, well, to dismiss the yoga tradition because of “yoga pants”.
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Re:Show HN: Life calendar – use the concept of Memento mori ... by Graffur on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @03:57PM (#29985688)
Can we dismiss yoga for silliness anyway?
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Re:Show HN: Life calendar – use the concept of Memento mori ... by SamBam on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @12:46PM (#29982806)
Just because something valuable can also be exploited by greedy capitalists does not stop it from being valuable.

There are some legitimate reasons to be wary of the push for mindfulness -- for example, when it is pushed by employers to try and increase employee satisfaction and retention, in lieu of actually improving their quality of life -- but that certainly doesn't mean the practice itself is bad.

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