rainrain@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 19 hours agoMeditation is like drugs but bettermessage-squaremessage-square41fedilinkarrow-up149arrow-down127
arrow-up122arrow-down1message-squareMeditation is like drugs but betterrainrain@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 19 hours agomessage-square41fedilink
minus-squarefarcaster@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·18 hours ago Meditation doesn’t get you high? No it’s a a fairly sober experience. Drugs don’t alter your awareness? Well I guess they can. I have no firsthand experience with psychedelics etc. but it doesn’t sound like the same kind of experience.
minus-squarerainrain@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down7·edit-214 hours agoWell it gets me high. It’s a standard result of meditating. Some even warn us to not get carried away with the high. And yes, drugs, like meditation, alters my awareness. Not saying they do it exactly the same way but yes, the same stuff, altered.
minus-squarefarcaster@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-217 hours agoWell everyone is different. I practiced Zazen and nobody ever told me of experiencing a high or altered awareness. That’s only my experience though and I’m not trying to discount yours :)
minus-squarerainrain@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down6·17 hours agoThe smile at the end makes all the difference.
No it’s a a fairly sober experience.
Well I guess they can. I have no firsthand experience with psychedelics etc. but it doesn’t sound like the same kind of experience.
Well it gets me high. It’s a standard result of meditating. Some even warn us to not get carried away with the high.
And yes, drugs, like meditation, alters my awareness. Not saying they do it exactly the same way but yes, the same stuff, altered.
Well everyone is different. I practiced Zazen and nobody ever told me of experiencing a high or altered awareness. That’s only my experience though and I’m not trying to discount yours :)
The smile at the end makes all the difference.