Awakening/satori is the process by which meditation permanently cures[1] a person of suffering. I have noticed that people who have gone through the process of awakening usually have little intrinsic desire to share the details of that experience. Getting an enlightened person to talk about himself can be like picking a lock. Causally, this makes a lot of sense—people with ego death have little need to brag.

When meditation was limited to yogis in mountain monasteries, maybe the silence was a good thing. But now apps like Headspace are mainstream. What happens when some of its users stumble on wild, mystical mind-altering experiences? I know where to find my local zen master and how to talk to him. But I doubt the median Headspace user does.

For that reason, I'm going to try the opposite as an experiment. If there's anything you want to know about meditation [...]

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