Great point about Sam Harris. I actually went through his meditation course Waking Up. I wanted to mention this point you make in the article but didn’t for whatever reason. In retrospect, I think I should have.
However, I think that there is a very All Therapy Books-y thing going on with meditation. In Scott’s article he talks about how most therapy books essentially claim that they’ve “figured it out”. But if that were true, why do so many patients continue to suffer? I have the same objections to meditation.
Great point about Sam Harris. I actually went through his meditation course Waking Up. I wanted to mention this point you make in the article but didn’t for whatever reason. In retrospect, I think I should have.
However, I think that there is a very All Therapy Books-y thing going on with meditation. In Scott’s article he talks about how most therapy books essentially claim that they’ve “figured it out”. But if that were true, why do so many patients continue to suffer? I have the same objections to meditation.