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eimrine on Sept 1, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Robert Sapolsky on Depression (2009)

What is your understanding of meditation, any differences in comparing to just doing nothing?

zerop on Sept 1, 2021 [–]

In short: focus, observe thoughts but don't react to thoughts...

Goal is to eventually become observer than reacter. When done consistently, the subsconcious mind will learn it. You overall stop reacting in-general.

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