Re:Meditation Is Garbage Collection for Your Mind
by vertex-four on Wednesday January 07, 2015 @07:35PM
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On the other hand, you need to actually be in a place where you're capable of working through it in the first place, or you get stuck in a worse situation than you were before.
Re:Meditation Is Garbage Collection for Your Mind
by Daishiman on Wednesday January 07, 2015 @08:24PM
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Which is why it is recommended that, beyond a certain point of initial expertise, you seek a "master" in whatever branch of practice you're comfortable with.
It's actually pretty thoroughly documented in all the Buddhist commentaries that people can have a very shitty time with meditation.
Re:Meditation Is Garbage Collection for Your Mind
by Florin_Andrei on Wednesday January 07, 2015 @09:46PM
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Deep in essentially anyone's subconscious there's a lot of garbage. Sometimes meditation kicks it up a bit. If done properly, it's a clean-up.
I think in most cases it is better to begin that introspection process and endure some temporary pain in order to work through the root issue rather than trying to put it off by avoiding it.
In other words, avoiding introspection won't solve the problem.