For me, meditation stabilized in my routine once I managed to stop striving to “achieve” X, and find a frame where it’s a place of rest, nourishment, and meeting myself as I am in that moment. I’m a bit sceptical of the pragmatic dharma folks, because it often comes with a whiff of achievement, of striving. But that’s mostly my own hang ups - I haven’t given culadasa, Ingram, or the others a fair chance, and it’s possible I should.
The guy I’m currently most excited by, in a similar vein, is Rob Burbea - might be worth having a look at some of his talks or books. Quite a different twist on things, but very philosophically stimulating!
Thanks, I'll check Rob Burbea out! For me the main appeal of meditation is an epistemic one: I feel that it allows me to understand the phenomenology of my own mind much better. My brain is my favorite organ: I feel that learning how to use it better is a good use of my time. All the other benefits kind of follow naturally from there.
For me, meditation stabilized in my routine once I managed to stop striving to “achieve” X, and find a frame where it’s a place of rest, nourishment, and meeting myself as I am in that moment. I’m a bit sceptical of the pragmatic dharma folks, because it often comes with a whiff of achievement, of striving. But that’s mostly my own hang ups - I haven’t given culadasa, Ingram, or the others a fair chance, and it’s possible I should.
The guy I’m currently most excited by, in a similar vein, is Rob Burbea - might be worth having a look at some of his talks or books. Quite a different twist on things, but very philosophically stimulating!
Thanks, I'll check Rob Burbea out! For me the main appeal of meditation is an epistemic one: I feel that it allows me to understand the phenomenology of my own mind much better. My brain is my favorite organ: I feel that learning how to use it better is a good use of my time. All the other benefits kind of follow naturally from there.