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kk3 | 3 years ago

On one hand you have a potentially infinite variety of people and on the other you have a practice that works for just some of those people. And every practice that works for just some people, there are others taking advantage of that fact by saying, "Hey this works for everyone", being generally scammy to get people to sign up for something and make money. After all, capitalism justifies and awards that. But outside of economic motivation, on a much more personal level, the practice might actually work REALLY well for SOME people. And this applies to a lot of things.

When it comes to mindfulness, in my experience, for SOME people, their mind is so far overthinking things. About themselves, about the people around them, every possible factor in life is fair game really. This can end up causing anxiety and impulses to take control of actions. It's possible to have so much physical tension built up all around the body all the time that it feels shut down. In these cases, learning how to just close your eyes and let go of all those thoughts and all that tension... in your face, in your shoulders, around your hips... bringing your mind away from those thoughts and that tension by focusing on your slowwww breath, might just bring you to a place of comfort that you didn't realize was possible. In the end what all of this represents is stress. For someone who has stress and benefits from this practice, it's an actual battle to let go of the thoughts and tension. But if you get there, you have a whole new level of growth you can do from there. In that case, this practice feels like a super power. So you might want to let everyone know. But if none of this applies to you, it will probably look like a scam.

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