Meditation: Effective or Total Bullshit?

[CrackyChanFan]

I realise there are already some meditation threads in existence but I specifically want to discuss whether or not meditation is effective or just some placebo effect bullshit.

From my online reading there seems to be a paucity of clarity about how one should meditate; all the ideas are just by controlling your own mind in some way.

I have read that one can meditate by trying to think of nothing and letting thoughts pass by. I have heard on Huberman (yeah I listen to Huberman shoot me) that one can think of one thing and then bring your mind back to it; supposedly it improves focus. But if this is the case, then can I not just practise focussing on something useful like learning a language?
I have read you can meditate on some religious of philosophical text: Hindu Meditation on the Bhagavad Gita, Catholic Meditation on the Rosary.

I relate to the idea of monkey mind and unwanted thoughts rushing. However, my attempts to meditate feel boring and it is hard to motivate myself unless I am sure there is actually some benefit.

Anyone here for good/badresults from meditation?

 

[RandomGuy]

Meditation is brain shutdown. Don’t fall into the guru yoga faggot trap.

 

[Lonelyus]

I realise there are already some meditation threads in existence but I specifically want to discuss whether or not meditation is effective or just some placebo effect bullshit.

From my online reading there seems to be a paucity of clarity about how one should meditate; all the ideas are just by controlling your own mind in some way.

I have read that one can meditate by trying to think of nothing and letting thoughts pass by. I have heard on Huberman (yeah I listen to Huberman shoot me) that one can think of one thing and then bring your mind back to it; supposedly it improves focus. But if this is the case, then can I not just practise focussing on something useful like learning a language?
I have read you can meditate on some religious of philosophical text: Hindu Meditation on the Bhagavad Gita, Catholic Meditation on the Rosary.

I relate to the idea of monkey mind and unwanted thoughts rushing. However, my attempts to meditate feel boring and it is hard to motivate myself unless I am sure there is actually some benefit.

Anyone here for good/badresults from meditation?

If your ugly, Intrusive thoughts will ruin the meditation

 

[Copexodius Maximus]

I realise there are already some meditation threads in existence but I specifically want to discuss whether or not meditation is effective or just some placebo effect bullshit.

From my online reading there seems to be a paucity of clarity about how one should meditate; all the ideas are just by controlling your own mind in some way.

I have read that one can meditate by trying to think of nothing and letting thoughts pass by. I have heard on Huberman (yeah I listen to Huberman shoot me) that one can think of one thing and then bring your mind back to it; supposedly it improves focus. But if this is the case, then can I not just practise focussing on something useful like learning a language?
I have read you can meditate on some religious of philosophical text: Hindu Meditation on the Bhagavad Gita, Catholic Meditation on the Rosary.

I relate to the idea of monkey mind and unwanted thoughts rushing. However, my attempts to meditate feel boring and it is hard to motivate myself unless I am sure there is actually some benefit.

Anyone here for good/badresults from meditation?

Meditation is a religious practice used for thousands of years. It works, and you can get into relatively deep meditative states that feel better than cooming.

 

[Luzifer]

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