Or: This is why we can't have nice things.
Jared's really nailed down head movement to make reading from a prompt less obvious. Concerning the video content, social amnesia makes the practice sound isolating... but it's a nice extension of focusing on individual wellness. I agree with the point of it's not serving a holistic purpose, if it's only use is to #LetThatShitGo. My bone to pick with that philosophy (which I think is the point of the video) is once you're there, the next question better be: Now that I'm 'centered,' what am I going to do about this stressor? My introduction to the practice was with the intent of applying 'mindfulness' in the moment of a high stress situation to better navigate to your desired outcome. Ya know, a given circumstance catches you off guard, so you: 2. Evaluate how you got there 3. Evaluate where you want to go 4. Take action 5. Profit Practicing mindfulness with a therapist through induced hypnosis (AKA a great nap), has only been refreshing in my experience. I don't think it really had many benefits further than reinforcing the pattern given above. Now, Heartfullness was a stint I used to relax most recently, which was effective for an in the moment headspace grab. It absolutely gave tools to not implode in finals week. Yet, my last time there I 'woke' much earlier than the rest. Being in a dimmed room with people slumped over reminded me more of getting high, than 'attaining a higher level of consciousness'. Guess it comes down to how you want to reach that place of 'inner peace'. Don't really have a way to tie this video in as I'm typing, but I love this scene from Breaking Bad. 1. Take a breath to relax
Yeah, the point as I took it was that, like any tool, it has to be used for the right purpose. Whenever I think about this subject, I'm reminded that Stoicism was invented buy a slave.
I have a few problem with mindfulness for a long time Mostly because I 'm a stubborn rebel who don't like to be told what to do, but also because It look like another example of the noble savage fallacy Use that 10 000 year old Asian technique to solve all modern problem. May be it work, but I dont care, because the packaging is a romanticized mess, with awful implication : racism, magical thinking, self-help as consumerism and according to the video, social blindness for kantos You seems to practice CBT, and it make a lot more sense than meditationYa know, a given circumstance catches you off guard, so you:
1. Take a breath to relax 2. Evaluate how you got there 3. Evaluate where you want to go 4. Take action 5. Profit
If anyone wants to reap some of these benefits without getting into hot water spiritually I would recommend taking a sabbatical from technology. It turns out lying around your apartment for hours bored out of your mind with nothing but your own thoughts tends to be good for your mental health.
I wish I could do that. Thanks to ADHD, boredom is incredibly uncomfortable.
Lead author of the report Nicholas Van Dam, a clinical psychologist and research fellow in psychological sciences at the University of Melbourne, contends potential benefits of mindfulness are being overshadowed by hyperbole and oversold for financial gain. Mindfulness meditation and training is now a $1.1-billion industry in the U.S. alone. “Our report does not mean that mindfulness meditation is not helpful for some things,” Van Dam says. “But the scientific rigor just isn’t there yet to be making these big claims.” He and his co-authors are also concerned that as of 2015, less than 25 percent of meditation trials included monitoring for potential negative effects of the intervention, a number he would like to see grow as the field moves forward. Van Dam acknowledges that some good evidence does support mindfulness. The 2014 analysis found meditation and mindfulness may provide modest benefits in anxiety, depression and pain. He also cites a 2013 review published in Clinical Psychology Review for mindfulness-based therapy that found similar results. “The intention and scope of this review is welcome—it is looking to introduce rigor and balance into this emerging new field,” says Willem Kuyken, a professor of psychiatry at the University of Oxford in England, who was not involved in research for the new report. “There are many areas where mindfulness-based programs seem to be acceptable and promising, but larger-scale randomized, rigorous trials are needed.” From article: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/wheres-the-proof-that-mindfulness-meditation-works1/
I love mindful meditation for myself, but I agree that there isn't enough scientific evidence to support the supposed benefits of it. Maybe its a bit of a placebo effect? Not sure exactly. There is definitely a huge market for mindfulness, and it's being squeezed dry.
Do it and decide for yourself. It helps me when i'm scatterbrained and is good practice for being aware of your emotions and nixing the negative ones before they get to far along. Videos like this are idiotic considering it's a subjective experience.
Why do you assume I haven't?Do it and decide for yourself.
As someone who's been ground to death on this particular issue I would sadly have to agree. One of my former unlicensed "therapists" got me to meditate on a cushion every day. She was heavily into Buddhism and telling me to ask that girl out while collecting enough money to buy the G class and the nice house for her and her husband. Later opened a meditation "studio" in the area, siiiiiigh. This is why we need science education. Myself, I became a full renunciate and got up to nearly an hour a day of mindfulness. I think smoking weed helped me more in the long run.
From watching this video and reading a few Slate Star Codex posts on "enlightenment" and the like, it definitely seems like this is a case of "there's something there but it's much more nuanced than people think." Also, as someone with ADHD, I want to do violence whenever someone tells me I should "stay in the moment."