RichardKennaway comments on A Less Mysterious Mindfulness Exercise - Less Wrong

24 Post author: Gabriel 18 September 2012 11:33PM

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Comment author: MixedNuts 19 September 2012 10:40:59AM 3 points [-]

Bug report: Meditation (all types) is terrifying. I try to accept the slight anxiety... fear... mind-devouring terror, but twitching, jumping up and running away all interfere with practice. I do not become aware of them before they happen. Accepting them after the fact, or going back to my sitting position and starting again, have the same effect.

Comment author: RichardKennaway 20 September 2012 12:49:34PM 2 points [-]

What happens when you're not "meditating", as such, but just sitting quietly not doing anything in particular? (Which is what some varieties of meditation amount to.)