What is /his/ take on meditation ? How did this develop historically,

>>3256743
The problem with eastern meditation is that it even if there are scientific benefits, it inevitably becomes a cringey hippy meme in the west and gets shrouded with eastern mystic imagery despite being a 'secular' approach.

Anapanasati for example is probably the most basic form of buddhist meditation that could have some positive subtle effects on brain activity, but we have Goenka and jewish professors promoting it as a wonder drug for quick rich schemes under the banner of 'mindfulness' which attracts a lot of rich yoga mom's who moreover think they're doing it right.

Frankly I'm a bit skeptical about the claims that meditation advocates propagate. Certain people in the TM movement have fabricated faulty research papers to advance their aims. And now we have new 'research' that supposedly says non-directive meditation is better than concentrative meditation.

Basically there is nothing more to meditation than meditating, it's not a spook but it won't make you an übermensch.

>>3256743
Buddhism is all NOT there is and not even the best meditation instructions. Every religion comes from the east, we only have what the Native Americans did.

>>3256743
>What is /his/ take on meditation?

Highly beneficial and should be practiced by most people tbqh

>how did this develop historically

It's a simple enough procedure that it has probably arose independently around the world at various times throughout history. We know it has been practiced in India since before the time of the Buddha so at least before the 7th or 6th century BC. Some people suggest that it was practiced by the pre-Aryan Indus Valley cultures.

>Is it a meme or really effective like the (((scientists))) say?

It's not a meme, there have been dozens and dozens of studies published by the top schools in the world, often in combination with neuroimaging equipment which shows that's it's effective and beneficial; that being said most of the benefits come from doing it regularly for a long period of time, there are not huge benefits immediately other than calming you down and helping you focus etc.