[malauxyeux]

> I'm still wondering if meditation makes you a gullible crystal buying idiot, or does it just attract such people.

Maybe both?

It makes some:

It can be genuinely destabilizing to realize that e.g., the mind creates its emotional reality and it can hack that reality.[1] It's less destabilizing if you put that responsibility on some external fetish item – crystals, a guru, a retreat, an app.

It attracts some:

A lot of people are looking for an easy way to socially signal that they're good and unique. Meditation accoutrements fit the bill. See "Zen home and garden deco ideas" and "Can anyone identify this [Buddhist thing I just bought]?" posts on some popular Buddhist forums.

[1] https://www.ted.com/talks/lisa_feldman_barrett_you_aren_t_at...