Not necessarily against your thesis but it promotes a vibe that isn’t solution oriented. For me, I notice that when I meditate that my social media addiction has less of a grip on me because my baseline attention and (seemingly) executive functioning are better.
Now, you could argue “yea, behavior can change neurotransmitters and it is in my framework so what is your point?”
The point is that your framework can easily be take the wrong way to that we are more or less all doomed, us being mechanistically no free will slaves. At least, that’s the vibe that I feel when reading it. I think I am not alone in that.
And while I agree with that, I’d argue that focusing on optimistic interpretations of your framework is much more fruitful. Optimism being characterized as a bias towards positivity while still staying fully grounded in reality.
It has only been recently that I started to do some hardcore meditation (2 hours per day). I kickstarted it by making a deal with a friend: for each hour we miss, we pay 100 euros to each other. So far I haven’t missed anything and am on day 4. I am low-key dreaming of solving meditation motivation and spinning that up into a startup as it has been the biggest problem in my life (one could imagine it being my biggest problem since my username is related to metta meditation).
2 hours is a long time. I’ve dabbled in meditation and find this impressive just 4 days in. Can you give some tips? Are you using guided meditation? Early morning?
I have done some retreats via dhamma.org. I am curious about other retreats too but they do instill some discipline in you.
No guided meditation here.
The necessity for an early morning meditation becomes abundantly clear, as it is much easier to frame that you only have to meditate one hour every if and only if you meditate for one hour immediately after waking.
Now, you could argue “yea, behavior can change neurotransmitters and it is in my framework so what is your point?”
The point is that your framework can easily be take the wrong way to that we are more or less all doomed, us being mechanistically no free will slaves. At least, that’s the vibe that I feel when reading it. I think I am not alone in that.
And while I agree with that, I’d argue that focusing on optimistic interpretations of your framework is much more fruitful. Optimism being characterized as a bias towards positivity while still staying fully grounded in reality.
It has only been recently that I started to do some hardcore meditation (2 hours per day). I kickstarted it by making a deal with a friend: for each hour we miss, we pay 100 euros to each other. So far I haven’t missed anything and am on day 4. I am low-key dreaming of solving meditation motivation and spinning that up into a startup as it has been the biggest problem in my life (one could imagine it being my biggest problem since my username is related to metta meditation).