Meditation can have undesirable side effects, just like aspirin.
Anything powerful enough to be beneficial can have undesirable side effects.
One way to assess a meditation teacher or meditation group is whether the instructor says this - or goes defensive.
Meditation Is a Powerful Mental Tool—and For Some People It Goes Terribly Wrong
"I just felt shattered. I had a job, a wife, and two beautiful children, and yet I felt that I would never experience joy again.”
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When Meditation Goes Wrong - podcast
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Anything powerful enough to be beneficial can have undesirable side effects.
One way to assess a meditation teacher or meditation group is whether the instructor says this - or goes defensive.
Meditation Is a Powerful Mental Tool—and For Some People It Goes Terribly Wrong
"I just felt shattered. I had a job, a wife, and two beautiful children, and yet I felt that I would never experience joy again.”
[tonic.vice.com]
When Meditation Goes Wrong - podcast
[www.vice.com]