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Re: Sit.

#101

Post by hnfong »

hombre_fatal wrote: post #66
w10-1 wrote: post #54

I like the simple approach. And as a practical matter, just chillin' is safe. But still: [sitting] can get uncomfortable. But when you finish, for some strange reason you feel better Meditation requires some guidance appropriate to the person. Some people are attracted to meditation for the wrong reasons; encouraging them without proper direction can make things go badly for them. Zen shinkanzen in particular is cons…

Let's hear it. How are we going to hurt ourselves by waiting for a timer to tick for a minute or two without the safety blanket of scrolling Twitter?

Let me try again.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24185710 - Mindfulness and meditation can worsen depression and anxiety

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26485608 - Lost in Thought: Psychological Risks of Meditation

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11752317 - For some, meditation has become more curse than cure

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14574205 - There’s a dark side to meditation that no one talks about

Cheers.

Re: Sit.

#102

Post by maxbond »

hnfong wrote: post #94
kelnos wrote: post #85

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> it isn't cool to disrespect people's spiritual practice Scrolling Twitter is a spiritual practice now? (I assume that's not what you meant, but I didn't see any disrespect of spiritual practices from that post.)

It wasn't any disrespect, at least I don't have any spiritual practice to disrespect, but rather the cavalier attitude against a reasonable warning. Imagine somebody warns you about "don't open random email attachments" and a random guy shows up and says "well, explain to me how my grandma's christmas card email is going to make my computer explode". The cavalier attitude can cost lives. I honestly have nothing again…

> It wasn't any disrespect, at least I don't have any spiritual practice to disrespect, but rather the cavalier attitude against a reasonable warning.

Sorry for misreading you, I was presumptive.

Re: Sit.

#103

Post by hnfong »

maxbond wrote: post #102
hnfong wrote: post #94

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It wasn't any disrespect, at least I don't have any spiritual practice to disrespect, but rather the cavalier attitude against a reasonable warning. Imagine somebody warns you about "don't open random email attachments" and a random guy shows up and says "well, explain to me how my grandma's christmas card email is going to make my computer explode". The cavalier attitude can cost lives. I honestly have nothing again…

> It wasn't any disrespect, at least I don't have any spiritual practice to disrespect, but rather the cavalier attitude against a reasonable warning. Sorry for misreading you, I was presumptive.

No worries. If anything it means I somehow failed to get my point across in the first go. Much to learn. Thanks for giving me a chance to clarify.

Re: Sit.

#104

Post by rpastuszak »

fnordian_slip wrote: post #84
jsn wrote: post #82

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Zen shinkanzen You probably meant to say "shikantaza", I don't think "shinkanzen" is a word.

Shinkansen is the name of the famous Japanese high speed train model :) GP probably got the words mixed up in their mind, or it was autocorrect.

Perhaps Shinkanzen was an old Polish train between Krakow and Zakopane: 120 km in up to 8 hours.

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#106

Post by torginus »

Is this some sort of challenge on how far you can make it into the article before throwing up? I have not read something this pretentious and self absorbed, yet painfully lacking in self-awareness in a long long time.

It is beyond me how this fart huffing pseudo spiritualism becomes intertwined with engineering culture.

I mean, I respect the hustle, turning lifestyle advice and a general sense of being better than you into expensive billable consulting hours.

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#107

Post by Nextgrid »

echelon_musk wrote: post #15

Not that anyone asked: I've long given up on meditation timers. I go to a room without any digital technology except for a Casio F91W. I have gotten good at gauging how long I've been concentrating for and if I have aversion to continued sitting I just peek at the watch to know how long it's been. This is a solved problem that costs $0 and I don't have to worry about receiving personalised ads because I'm into 'mindf…

> I don't have to worry about receiving personalised ads because I'm into 'mindfulness'.

That's my reaction to all these mindfulness and mental health apps/services. The same tech bros that have created and profited off this crisis in the first place are now trying to sell a solution.

Re: Sit.

#108

Post by mkl »

> why do we say “brutally” simple and not, say, “elegantly” simple?

We do say "elegantly simple". According to Google search result counts, "elegantly simple" is used about 15 times more often than "brutally simple".

Re: Sit.

#109

Post by [deleted] »

mkl wrote: post #108

> why do we say “brutally” simple and not, say, “elegantly” simple? We do say "elegantly simple". According to Google search result counts, "elegantly simple" is used about 15 times more often than "brutally simple".

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