Interestingly enough, most of the best known meditation and mindfulness teachers are also therapists with advanced degrees, like the author of this article. One of those famous teachers, Jack Kornfield, writes about how it can be important for meditation practitioners to partake of psychotherapy as an additional step down the road to peace of mind. This author, who says,
"I know I have a propensity towards neurotic worrying and overthinking. Thinking of myself as an individual in a particular context is what allows me to identify whether the source of these worries stems from..." hasn't gotten one of the main benefits of a steady meditation practice, which is gaining a modicum of control over ones thoughts and emotions.
There is a lot of overintelectualism (is that a thing?) going on here. It was hard for me to finish the article because it was like chasing the proverbial hamster on its wheel in the untrained mind. Maybe the author was trying to show how intelligent she is?
Interestingly enough, most of the best known meditation and mindfulness teachers are also therapists with advanced degrees, like the author of this article. One of those famous teachers, Jack Kornfield, writes about how it can be important for meditation practitioners to partake of psychotherapy as an additional step down the road to peace of mind. This author, who says, "I know I have a propensity towards neurotic worrying and overthinking. Thinking of myself as an individual in a particular context is what allows me to identify whether the source of these worries stems from..." hasn't gotten one of the main benefits of a steady meditation practice, which is gaining a modicum of control over ones thoughts and emotions. There is a lot of overintelectualism (is that a thing?) going on here. It was hard for me to finish the article because it was like chasing the proverbial hamster on its wheel in the untrained mind. Maybe the author was trying to show how intelligent she is?