Re:Coding As A Substitute For Meditation?
by leoh on Sunday December 02, 2012 @02:35AM
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Exceptionally misguided. Having meditated for an average of forty minutes every day (sometimes for as much as 2 hours a day, in 40 minute blocks) for the last half year and having coded many, many hours in my life, I can say that this conclusion is decidedly incorrect. Most forms of meditation are about doing nothing except breathing. Coding, like any other task, is far from this. Again, exceedingly misguided.
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Re:Coding As A Substitute For Meditation?
by danieldk on Sunday December 02, 2012 @07:53AM
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Exceptionally misguided.
Indeed, I would even say such misconceptions are harmful, since coding has quite the opposite effect. After a day of too much or too intensive coding, I usually find that my brain continues to be occupied with coding problems. E.g. when I'm half-sleeping I see problems that don't exist (at least not in sleeping ;)). Meditation has the opposite effect: the mind becomes calm and unoccupied.
It's important to give the mind rest and time to process your day.
Re:Coding As A Substitute For Meditation?
by stacycurl on Tuesday December 04, 2012 @12:41PM
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I agree, I think the original post is harmful because the author suggests an activity that will strengthen identification & thereby increase suffering. Meditation does the opposite, in my experience, anyhow.