https://asteriskmag.com/issues/09/the-science-of-woo

1-min-review

Psychadelics is quick to depth, but unstable

Meditation is slow to depth, but stable

(that’s why many psychedelics ppl eventually get interested in meditation)

Jake definition of meditation

breaking the chain of reactivity — noticing the gap between stimulus and response — leads to equanimity

You sit with your eyes open, and you can watch your mind relax. You can see the whole world. It doesn’t become confusing goop. It’s just “stuff out there,” and you don’t need to know what it is right now. You can feel that “thing” relax.