Meditation Definitions Debate

Doesn't that assume meditation is just about achieving focus?

There's more to meditation than just mindfulness. Look into samatha practice.

Isn't this a form of meditation? Stay still and focus your mind on nothingness

I understand why you would think that, but I'm not sure that you know what meditation actually is. Have you ever meditated?It's basically training your mind to just be present, without having to form judgements all the time.If you feel like giving it a try, here is a decent how-to.https://www.wikihow.com/Formally-Sit-in-Shamatha-MeditationIt's a good a

The problem I have with statements like the one commented on is that there is no such thing as "meditation". There is a whole bunch of very different techniques from a whole bunch of different cultures that are all called meditation and the only thing they have in common is that it is a mental exercise of some sort. But considering how different these techniques are, it would be strange to expect them to provide any kind of common effect, like making you take things less personally. It

This comment indicated that meditation might have an effect.https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30222210#30228358Edit: here as wellhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30222210#30227672

What from the article makes you think that meditation is a bad thing?

Could you clarify what your understanding of 'meditation'?There are many different ways to meditate, from different traditions, with different objectives, secular and non-secular, with no/anecdotal/scientific evidence etc., e.g.* Mindfulness meditation* Loving kindness meditation* Transcendental meditation* Visualisation* Chanting and praying* Progressive muscle relaxation* ...It feels to me you are defending one particular school of thought (that h

It's meditation; detachment from being completely possesed by your train of thoughts. There is plenty of scientific evidence that shows meditation can have psychological and physiological benefits for many people

This sounds like you're going after similar things as mindfulness meditation.