From what I’ve heard about that “era” when TM was huge, and it seemed similar to how the self care trend is today. Things that were always available but repackaged and processed to sell as a trend. So at that time, I’m not sure, but after you’ve welcomed such a dedicated practice of a certain style into your life, I’m sure it would be hard to feel the same about anything else.

And yup exactly. Get it how you live. I’ll never be mad at it. The more people into it the better.

I’m investing in a singing bowl soon. Lol she snapped.

Very bittersweet in terms of meditation practices

TM was a commodified version of meditation and turned into a trend but since its pretty much impossible to f*** up the essence of meditation, it worked regardless.

while on the other hand you could sell absolute toxic BS in a self help book which will cause more harm than good to an individual in the long run. Wild how that works.

most important habit aside from fulfilling basic needs.

thanks for making this thread op.

No problem and thanks for joining.

Its a life changing habit. I only realized it in hindsight but man its crazy how its barely in schools. 98 percent of people should practice meditation

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Calm app is great.

School doesn’t teach us how to be well-functioning human beings at all.

it really doesnt. the public school system is cheeks.

tamara levit damn near saved my life in high school lol

nah drop the apps entirely

m.youtube.com/watch?v=WNdxy_snG3o

i ultimately agree with this. they chargin up the ass now

when i was in hs all those apps were free. now they charging like 70 bucks for s*** u could find on youtube if u want guided meditation.

It is. But I mean, we humans have been doing that with life essentials for how long?

Very sad but it’s the world we live in

yeah i started off with that kind of stuff and moved on to removing technology from the equation entirely.

as difficult as it is to describe, theres a loss of intimacy with reality when apps and videos get involved.

i completely get what your saying, technology is ultimately unnecessary when you start getting in the routine of meditation. all a person needs is the breath. its straight sad how we try to sell something so simple and essential

Meditation usually just stresses me the hell out, I've done it everyday for 2 years though but idk why lmao

It’s the mantras and the specific school of teachers, they emphasize how important it is to be taught by someone from a certain lineage

lmfaoooooo yea bro. i think lynch is so into it because its the first form of meditation he tried and it worked perfectly for him

he wouldve had the same feeling about mindfulness meditation if that came across his path first

how do u feel when you meditate? besides stressed

for sure, imo its all the same in essence: focusing your attention on something intrinsic and internal, whether it be a mantra, a person, or your breath.

No doubt, I only looked so deep into TM at one point because I was afraid I was missing something and that I was doing it all wrong. Shame that something so personal to me almost shattered cause of a sales pitch.

But that’s intense lol, have those visuals resonated with you in any way when you practiced?