I’ve become increasingly troubled by proponents of mindfulness. From companies touting meditation as a means to help workers deal with unpleasant work situations instead of addressing the root causes of the workers’ dissatisfaction, to therapists who position meditation as a means of exposing the thoughts that supposedly cause malaise instead of working with their clients to combat true sources of discomfort, much of the talk of mindfulness is about one’s relationship with themselves and their internal experience as opposed to one’s place in a community. Mental illness can lead to dangerous self-absorption. Many secular meditation practices encourage such self-absorption.
Work as Practice
Work as Practice
Work as Practice
I’ve become increasingly troubled by proponents of mindfulness. From companies touting meditation as a means to help workers deal with unpleasant work situations instead of addressing the root causes of the workers’ dissatisfaction, to therapists who position meditation as a means of exposing the thoughts that supposedly cause malaise instead of working with their clients to combat true sources of discomfort, much of the talk of mindfulness is about one’s relationship with themselves and their internal experience as opposed to one’s place in a community. Mental illness can lead to dangerous self-absorption. Many secular meditation practices encourage such self-absorption.