Have you ever...? - Discussion
Hi Shaun,
Well, now that you mention it, yes.
You can read about it in my practice memoir (Silicon Valley Monk, available free on Google Books and Smashwords). My wife had to fly to the East Coast and bust me out of an insane asylm.
Anyway, one thing I do here on DhO is give advice to people who, like me, have suffered negative side effects from meditation. I believe there is not enough said about it in the community at large, and most people to which it happens are quite confused, because all they hear is happy talk about meditation in the media. What is not said is that meditation is a powerful technique for fundamentally transforming your mind and its relation to reality, equivalent to psychedelic drugs, but not as random in its effects. And it can go in a wrong direction that has little or nothing to do with your previous mental stability.
Hope that helps.
Well, now that you mention it, yes.
You can read about it in my practice memoir (Silicon Valley Monk, available free on Google Books and Smashwords). My wife had to fly to the East Coast and bust me out of an insane asylm.
Anyway, one thing I do here on DhO is give advice to people who, like me, have suffered negative side effects from meditation. I believe there is not enough said about it in the community at large, and most people to which it happens are quite confused, because all they hear is happy talk about meditation in the media. What is not said is that meditation is a powerful technique for fundamentally transforming your mind and its relation to reality, equivalent to psychedelic drugs, but not as random in its effects. And it can go in a wrong direction that has little or nothing to do with your previous mental stability.
Hope that helps.