Dharma Lab DL Ep.5: Meditation Is Not What You Think
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Sep 4, 2025 Richie and Cort dive into the true meaning of meditation, emphasizing self-familiarization and mindset awareness. They highlight how small perspective shifts can lead to profound changes in well-being. The discussion includes tackling challenges in meditation research and the importance of innovative control groups. A groundbreaking study reveals that understanding meditation perspectives can be more impactful than traditional practices. Finally, they inspire listeners to embrace positivity and focus on the inherent goodness within themselves and others.
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Perspective Change Outweighs Cushion Time
- Meditation's greatest power is shifting how you view yourself and the world rather than the momentary cushion experience.
- That shift makes daily life more meaningful and increases purpose beyond formal sessions.
Pizza Runs Became Meditation Practice
- Cortland practiced awareness while delivering pizzas and found that car-time was powerful practice time.
- He credits that routine as better training than some formal 20-minute sits.
Distraction Is Practice Fuel
- Awareness of distraction transforms it from failure into data you can notice and use.
- Recognizing wandering mind as itself an object of awareness changes the practice experience.
