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Re:When Buddhism Goes Bad – How My Mindfulness Practice Led ... by zozbot234 on Tuesday February 21, 2023 @11:18AM (#34882857)
> This article triggered my first panic attacks in years and led to a constant sense of dread and anxiety.

Perhaps you should think of your dread and anxiety as a symptom of craving. But if you think your family obligations get in the way, there's nothing wrong with avoiding deep insight practices for now. You can do light meditation and even take an intellectual interest in the deeper teachings without seriously triggering anything.

Re:When Buddhism Goes Bad – How My Mindfulness Practice Led ... by robocat on Tuesday February 21, 2023 @12:35PM (#34884000)
> You can do light meditation and even take an intellectual interest in the deeper teachings without seriously triggering anything.

Our fears can dominate our reality, and you are tritely recommending a possibly harmful path without knowing anything about them . . . like recommending eating a peanut to someone who knows they have a dangerous allergic reaction to peanuts. In the context of the article, your advice is especially egregious.

Please tread carefully in the world, effortless advice can cause long term harm.

Sometimes it is good to listen to our fears, sometimes not. Hard to judge others across the vast distance of a few sentences.

Re:When Buddhism Goes Bad – How My Mindfulness Practice Led ... by zozbot234 on Tuesday February 21, 2023 @12:41PM (#34884092)
Of course. There is a world of difference between understanding something on an intellectual level and engaging in serious insight practice. Unlike insight meditation itself, there isn't really any evidence that the path I suggested is "possibly harmful".