A Guided Meditation For People Who Think Meditation Is Stupid
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- Опубліковано 2 жов 2024
- In this video I attempt to craft a convincing argument in favor of meditation for people who think meditation is stupid. I was introduced to meditation many times by people who had good intentions, but ended up turning me off even more than I had been, essentially because their sales pitch was horrible.
When I finally stuck with meditation for long enough to start seeing results, and without a bunch of condescending moralistic pretense, I did change my mind about it and now meditation is something I do casually a few times a week, and whenever I'm feeling particularly bad.
I created this video because meditation is a useful tool to help curb strong negative feelings, and I feel that most people attempting to explain why someone should meditate really miss the mark. I tried to create the argument that would have gotten me to meditate earlier, or at least to understand a little more about what it is instead of increasing the shroud of mystery and superiority.
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Thank you for this.
It doesn't matter if it is smart or stupid. If it works, people will do it. The reason why people dont meditate is because it doesn't work. it is simple
Just wanted to say thank you for your tutorials. They are helping me tremendously with understanding my Chemistry course. Oh, and by the way this meditation video is hilarious. Highly intelligent, funny, and pretty 👍🏽. Anyway, thank you for your tutorials. They will help me get through my current and future Chemistry courses.
awww ty so much!!
Genius.
thank you! I'm really glad you like the channel!
You are amazing, thank you so much
i know this video is quite old but i hope you know this video was the only thing that helped me get into meditation and I want to thank you so much! It really has helped a lot! ❤
Omg what an honor!!! Thank you so much for letting me know!
This was so refreshing. I’m 38yo, 5-6 weeks into my first pregnancy in the dead of Iowa winter. I wish I could go into cryosleep until a miscarriage or my initial prenatal appointment, whichever comes first. This straightforward video about a valid practice, stripped of all the fluff that surrounds it in the West, is a more practical option.
Ty so much for this comment! I really hope the best thing possible happens for you, and yes the fluff turned me off for so long. The book “the Buddhist brain” which is written by a neurologist was my first intro into this stuff if you’re interested.