ANALYSING NEW AGE THINKING

Descent into darkness ? Meditation is a dangerous practice, as well as a waste of time

But there is another way to tackle spirituality.

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At best, so-called spiritual ‘meditating’ is a harmless waste of time; at worst it’s a gateway to self-delusion and psychosis.

Really ? Given how much we all love the idea of ‘meditation’ ? Unfortunately, and regrettably, yes.

Meditation (of various schools and methods) has been big business for the last 100 years or so — ever since the dawn of a New Age religious kumbaya in the early 1900s — and from the start it has always been assumed to be a positive and powerful aid to spiritual advancement.

It began as an exotic practice imported from the equally exotic East, and, having no idea how to judge it, we westerners took to it wholeheartedly. It sounded exactly right. Nobody really gave ‘meditation’ a second thought. And it’s now an…