People going through a lost sense in their life, those who are bored and don’t really enjoy their lives no matter what they do. At this point it became clear to me, what kind of people this movement is targeting. He said he doesn’t find satisfaction in his life no matter what he does and he’s looking for a greater purpose. I kept questioning why he needs this or why does he feel the need to explore this and dig deeper into this. We are indian people so this becomes more amplified because these fake yogi babas often take advantage of Indians who are desperate to take pride in their 5000 year old “Vedic” scriptures that apparently hold the knowledge of the entire universe. Something that reminds me of the cult of rajneesh and his crazy followers. I’m actually seeing a new non-religion popping up with all this mindfulness crap. at this point I was completely dumbfounded that this couple, both of which, have actual engineering degrees are so warped in their brains by this pseudoscience bullshit. His wife started mentioning people who live without eating food because they can meditate and make their body not need any food and that they get their nutrition from sunlight. He’s so unbelievably warped and started bringing out some of his more crazy bullshit during our arguments. just by doing a fucking breathing exercise. I just wanted him to realize the hubris in his ego to try and put this activity on some pedestal so he can feel superior to other people around him because he feels like he has some unknown and secret knowledge of the universe and understanding realities and consciousness as an entity, etc. I spent the entirety of the two and half hours arguing and explaining to him that there’s no supernatural or extraordinary thing happening when he meditates and he’s simply putting his mind in a more relaxed state by shutting down parts of his hypothalamus just like the body does when it’s relaxed and half asleep.ĭon’t get me wrong, I certainly told him I believe in the positive aspects of meditation as it is nothing but the practice of composing one’s mind to be able to put thoughtfulness before impulsive actions.
He doesn’t understand how it’s nothing but a chemical reaction happening in his brain and not really some sort of spiritual or extra ordinary experience.
I started off by trying to explain to him what’s actually happening is him just lucid dreaming and I experience it almost everyday in a slightly worse form of sleep paralysis. He kept telling me how his act of meditation took him on a different plane of existence and showed him an out of body experience where he was observing himself and how he had separated this entity of consciousness from his mind and body complex! I’m desperately rolling my eyes at this and almost clenching my fists. Some buzz words: The mind body complex, the transference, the fractal reality, and how the world around him is a reality only conceived out of consciousness. My brother in law today, started off with some stuff about meditation and how it affects his body and mind and how he’s able to understand consciousness as a whole and how it is independent of his mind and the world. I absolutely abhor the bullshit pseudoscience and fake words that people attach to the act of meditation. Must have tools and links for /r/atheism usersĬommunity submitted images used by r/atheism r/atheism IRC channel r/atheism Discord Server Now with an associated Minecraft server! FiltersĬlick the squares below to filter /r/atheism to specific topics or submission types Recommended: Reading, Kids Reading, Viewing, and Listening. Check our FAQ and WIKI Are you planning to:
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