Comment on Meditation is like drugs but better

• farcaster@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Meditation doesn’t get you high?

  No it’s a a fairly sober experience.

  Drugs don’t alter your awareness?

  Well I guess they can. I have no firsthand experience with psychedelics etc. but it doesn’t sound like the same kind of experience.

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  • rainrain@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Well it gets me high. It’s a standard result of meditating.

    And yes, drugs, like meditation, alter your awareness. Not saying they do it exactly the same way but yes, the same stuff, altered.

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    • farcaster@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Well everyone is different. I practiced Zazen and nobody ever told me of experiencing a high or altered awareness.

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      • rainrain@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        The smile at the end makes all the difference.

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• Zenith@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  No

  Who said they don’t?

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  • rainrain@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Well meditation gets me high.

    Well meditation, like drugs, alters your awareness.

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• Wolf314159@startrek.website ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Drugs alter your perception, not awareness. Mediation and a philosophy class you didn’t take on YouTube will cure you of that confusion.

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• biofaust@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  If there was any proof of that, the laws would be moving to prohibit in certain professions or situations

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