Is it legit? Does it help in better reflecting on the things you read?
>>24851386I'd call this meditating. Somewhere along the way that word got overtaken by new-age hippies who made it into "clear your mind." But I think it's just thinking and not doing anything else.
>>24851386me personally i like to hit poses while introspecting
>>24851409It's sad how my favorite show went to shit.
>>24851462the dog track and EMT episode this season had me laughing my ass off but yeah overall it's way worse
>>24851409I don’t like seeing them old :(
>>24851402Buddhists always saw meditation as voiding your mind
>>24851581Well I'm not a Buddhist and I don't believe asceticism will free my eternal soul so I couldn't give a shit. Meditation has existed in the west independent from buddhism
>>24851386Yes because the modern media environment overstimulates
>>24851631Which are also usually about emptying your mind. The ones that aren't are almost total concentration of a particular mental aspect that operates in a way similar to having an empty mind. I can't think of any tradition on which free form unstructured thinking is considered a form of meditation.
