Second-hand anecdote: I heard from someone that a spiritual teacher of theirs suggested as a meditation exercise to take some ordinary object in one’s hand, say a mug, and contemplate the simple truth that “this is a mug”. He recommended it as an antidote to floating off to woo-woo land.
The link is anachronistic, this was long before LessWrong existed.
I’d be interested in reading that.
Second-hand anecdote: I heard from someone that a spiritual teacher of theirs suggested as a meditation exercise to take some ordinary object in one’s hand, say a mug, and contemplate the simple truth that “this is a mug”. He recommended it as an antidote to floating off to woo-woo land.
The link is anachronistic, this was long before LessWrong existed.