rainrain@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoMeditation is like drugs but bettermessage-squaremessage-square42fedilinkarrow-up155arrow-down133
arrow-up122arrow-down1message-squareMeditation is like drugs but betterrainrain@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square42fedilink
minus-squarerainrain@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down16·2 days agoMeditation doesn’t get you high? Drugs don’t alter your awareness?
minus-squarefarcaster@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·2 days 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.
minus-squarerainrain@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down9·edit-22 days agoWell it gets me high. It’s a standard result of meditating. Some even warn us to not get carried away with the high. And yes, drugs, like meditation, alters my awareness. Not saying they do it exactly the same way but yes, the same stuff, altered.
minus-squarefarcaster@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-22 days agoWell everyone is different. I practiced Zazen and nobody ever told me of experiencing a high or altered awareness. That’s only my experience though and I’m not trying to discount yours :)
minus-squarerainrain@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down7·2 days agoThe smile at the end makes all the difference.
minus-squareWolf314159@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agoDrugs alter your perception, not awareness. Mediation and a philosophy class you didn’t take on YouTube will cure you of that confusion.
minus-squarerainrain@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down10·edit-22 days agoWell meditation gets me high. And meditation, like drugs, alters my awareness.
minus-squarebiofaust@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoIf there was any proof of that, the laws would be moving to prohibit in certain professions or situations
Meditation doesn’t get you high?
Drugs don’t alter your awareness?
No it’s a a fairly sober experience.
Well I guess they can. I have no firsthand experience with psychedelics etc. but it doesn’t sound like the same kind of experience.
Well it gets me high. It’s a standard result of meditating. Some even warn us to not get carried away with the high.
And yes, drugs, like meditation, alters my awareness. Not saying they do it exactly the same way but yes, the same stuff, altered.
Well everyone is different. I practiced Zazen and nobody ever told me of experiencing a high or altered awareness. That’s only my experience though and I’m not trying to discount yours :)
The smile at the end makes all the difference.
Drugs alter your perception, not awareness. Mediation and a philosophy class you didn’t take on YouTube will cure you of that confusion.
No
Who said they don’t?
Well meditation gets me high.
And meditation, like drugs, alters my awareness.
If there was any proof of that, the laws would be moving to prohibit in certain professions or situations