Posted by alexandra_k on August 14, 2005, at 22:37:46
In reply to Is there an only answer?, posted by Dinah on August 14, 2005, at 14:00:59
> I like meditation, but I also use it as a way to dissociate from my feelings. So I think it can be used in good and bad ways.
Hmm.
Yeah, I heard someone else say something similar before too...
Maybe it does depend on the sort of meditation. I have heard of some people finding they dissociate when they do it. And basically hypnotise themselves with a chant / mantra.
The sort of meditation I am familiar with is mindfulness meditation which is basically about INCREASING awareness / presence rather than reducing it.
Paradoxically, it is an intent focusing of the mind that leads to an empty mind...
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