• corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca
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    2 days ago

    sitting still and learning to pay attention to one’s mind.

    Are you learning to pay attention to your mind, or are you merely sitting and telling yourself that you are?

    Are you sure you know what, for example, mindfulness meditation actually entails?

    Oh, don’t go no-true-scotsman on us. It’s a weak move, dude.

    • Iconoclast@feddit.uk
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      1 day ago

      It’s perfectly valid to assume that the layperson has no clear understanding of what meditation - especially in the Western context - actually is. They tend to picture it as a religious practice tied to Hinduism: sitting still in lotus position, chanting a mantra, and waiting for something mystical to happen.

      I have no idea where you pulled that no-true-Scotsman from.