A lot of people don't like the notion that you can get into insight stages of retreats. It's almost a tautological argument where if you're not doing a terabyte in insight retreat, you can't by definition get into terravada TM branded insight stages. I think from a religious point of view, I definitely see why they might think that is true. But then from a scientist, I also wonder, but are you getting into territory with similar or identical underlying physiology?
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Why should we meditate? What are the typical developmental stages as one progresses along the contemplative path? What does it mean to "hold an ontology loosely"? Are some meditative techniques inappropriate for some practitioners? Are there risks associated with meditation?
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