I think western psychotherapies are predicated on incorrect models of human psychology. RCTs mostly can’t capture the effects of serious practice over a long period of time, but of the ones that have tried, the most robust effect is lowered neuroticism, afaik. This was also my experience. It corresponded to a big positive shift subjectively, as well as expressions of shock from friends and family about the change.
I think western psychotherapies are predicated on incorrect models of human psychology.
Yet they all seem to have positive effects of similar magnitude. This suggests that we don’t understand the mechanism through which they actually work, and it seems straightforward to expect that this extends to less orthodox practices.
RCTs mostly can’t capture the effects of serious practice over a long period of time
But my understanding is that benefits of (good) spiritual practices are supposed to be continuous, if not entirely linear. However much effort you invest correlates with the amount of benefits you get, until enlightenment and becoming as gods.
I think western psychotherapies are predicated on incorrect models of human psychology. RCTs mostly can’t capture the effects of serious practice over a long period of time, but of the ones that have tried, the most robust effect is lowered neuroticism, afaik. This was also my experience. It corresponded to a big positive shift subjectively, as well as expressions of shock from friends and family about the change.
Yet they all seem to have positive effects of similar magnitude. This suggests that we don’t understand the mechanism through which they actually work, and it seems straightforward to expect that this extends to less orthodox practices.
But my understanding is that benefits of (good) spiritual practices are supposed to be continuous, if not entirely linear. However much effort you invest correlates with the amount of benefits you get, until enlightenment
and becoming as gods.Was not linear for me afaict