When Buddhism Goes Bad – How My Mindfulness Practice Led Me to Meltdown

Re:When Buddhism Goes Bad – How My Mindfulness Practice Led ... by waboremo on Tuesday February 21, 2023 @09:05AM (#34881282)

Not entirely sure if any study demonstrating the benefits of meditation or mindfulness considers counting 9 to 1 repeatedly an act of either. That aligns much more closely with the advice given to those with panic disorders in how to ride out their panic attacks or prevent them when they feel coming on.

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Re:When Buddhism Goes Bad – How My Mindfulness Practice Led ... by cyberbanjo on Tuesday February 21, 2023 @09:11AM (#34881348)

I'm not Buddhist or experienced meditator, but I have surely seen instruction for counting based mindfulness practices.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganana#Technique

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Re:When Buddhism Goes Bad – How My Mindfulness Practice Led ... by zeknife on Tuesday February 21, 2023 @10:13AM (#34882053)

Rather, it is a concentration practice, and concentration facilitates mindfulness

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Re:When Buddhism Goes Bad – How My Mindfulness Practice Led ... by cal85 on Tuesday February 21, 2023 @10:23AM (#34882132)

The comment didn’t claim it was an act of either, either.

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Re:When Buddhism Goes Bad – How My Mindfulness Practice Led ... by waboremo on Tuesday February 21, 2023 @01:32PM (#34884850)

We're in a thread about mindfulness.

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Re:When Buddhism Goes Bad – How My Mindfulness Practice Led ... by wlonkly on Tuesday February 21, 2023 @09:58PM (#34891077)

Counting the breaths (usually up, not down) is the standard starting practice in zazen, Zen meditation. When you lose track you bring your mind back to counting again at 1, so it's more like "1.. 2.. shit. 1.. ugh. 1.. 2.. 3.." than anything actually involving 10.

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