Lila comments on Meditation, insight, and rationality. (Part 1 of 3) - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Lila 30 April 2011 10:02:06AM *  4 points [-]

First of all, I don't believe I said anything about detachment from emotion.

You used the word "attachment" a lot, as an example of something bizarre and, it seemed, negative.

What do you mean by attachment? (And why is it that this word is so often used for so many different things?)

I am looking forward to part 2 and 3, and I hope that you are planning to give full instructions on how to do the meditation.

Comment author: donjoe 04 May 2011 01:50:26PM 0 points [-]

Agreed, that's one of the main things this article leaves me hoping to see fully explained in future installments or comments: the term "attachment". Until I understand what you mean by it, I can't have a snowflake's hope in hell of determining whether it's something that afflicts me or that I might want to get rid of (by your method or by any other).