‘meditation’ directory
- See Also
- Gwern
- Links
- “Highlights From The Comments On ‘Fatima’ [Kasina, Sun Hallucinations]”, Alexander 2025
- “I Have Had Two Psychotic Episodes. Both of Them Were Dangerous, Temporary, and Precipitated by a Combination of Insight Cycle + Sleep Deprivation + Psychomagic.”, lsusr 2025
- “Moments Of Awakening [Children Suddenly Gaining Inner-Voice?]”, Alexander 2025
- “Update to Meditation Grief Essay: 2 Months Later; Most of the Effects Have Remained, and I’m Having a Great Time”, Carmen 2025
- ChrisChipMonk @ "2025-05-12"
- “Monks Behaving Badly: Explaining Buddhist Violence in Asia Free”, Saiya & Manchanda 2025
- “Meditation and Reduced Sleep Need”, niplav 2025
- “The Grief of Losing Your Sense of Self Is like Getting to Heaven and Being Upset They Don’t Have Your Favorite Flavor of La Croix: The Old Me Has Died and I Miss Her, but Not That Much”, Carmen 2025
- “6 Years of Meditation Data Reveals a Depressing Picture: A Mini Meta-Analysis Showing Meditation Made Me More Anxious, Frustrated, Depressed, and Less Social”, Syler 2025
- “Meditating More Made Me Sleep Better and Feel Worse: Findings from a Year’s worth of N = 1 Experiments on Meditation”, Syler 2025
- “The Relationship between Self-Reflection and Mental Health: a Meta-Analysis Review”, He & Gan 2025
- “Japanese Death Poems: Part 1: Zen Monks”, Bacon 2025
- “My Mind Transformed Completely, and There Were Some Tradeoffs”, Chapin 2024
- “Life in HD: An Investigation of the jhanas’ Impact on Jhourney Retreat Attendees”, Asparouhova & Jhourney 2024
- “[Intuitive Self-Models] 6. Awakening / Enlightenment / PNSE”, Byrnes 2024
- “How My Day Is Going: Report”, Chapin 2024
- “Woodsqueer”, Anonymous 2024
- “Intensive Whole-Brain 7T MRI Case Study of Volitional Control of Brain Activity in Deep Absorptive Meditation States”, Yang et al 2023b
- “What Do SSRIs and Heady Zen Have in Common? Legendary Teacher, Adyashanti, Calls It a Day”, Olshonsky 2023
- “Improving Mental Health by Training the Suppression of Unwanted Thoughts”, Mamat & Anderson 2023
- “The Monk Who Thinks the World Is Ending: Can Buddhism Fix AI?”, Lowrey 2023
- “Are Woo Non-Responders Defective?”, Alexander 2023
- “Cessations of Consciousness in Meditation: Advancing a Scientific Understanding of Nirodha Samāpatti”, Laukkonen et al 2023
- “Fact Check: Do All Healthy People Have Mystical Experiences?”, Alexander 2022
- “Cultivating Collaboration in Mania”, Lutters 2022
- “Effectiveness and Cost-Effectiveness of Universal School-Based Mindfulness Training Compared With Normal School Provision in Reducing Risk of Mental Health Problems and Promoting Well-Being in Adolescence: the MYRIAD Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial”, Kuyken et al 2022
- “Night Shifts: Can Technology Shape Our Dreams?”, Clune 2022
- “Mind-Body Practices & Self-Enhancement: Direct Replications of Gebauer Et Al 2018’s Experiments 1 & 2”, Vaughan-Johnston et al 2021
- “Defining and Measuring Meditation-Related Adverse Effects in Mindfulness-Based Programs”, Britton et al 2021
- “Adverse Effects of Meditation: A Review of Observational, Experimental and Case Studies”, Lambert et al 2021
- “‘Better Not to Begin. Once Begun, Better to Finish!’”, Griffes 2021
- “How Would the Buddha Rate on Rosenberg’s Self-Esteem Scale?”, Lumma et al 2019
- “Mindfulness Meditation Impairs Task Motivation but Not Performance”, Hafenbrack & Vohs 2018
- “Mind-Body Practices and the Self: Yoga and Meditation Do Not Quiet the Ego but Instead Boost Self-Enhancement”, Gebauer et al 2018
- “Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness [Excerpt on Side-Effects]”, Treleaven 2018
- “I Don’t Trust People Whose Metaphysics Are Weirder Than Their Politics. If You’re a Secular Materialist or Nondenominational…”, raggedjackscarlet 2018
- “Mastering the Core Teachings of the Buddha § 29. Kasina Practice”, Ingram 2018
- “Mastering the Core Teachings of the Buddha § 61. Crazy?”, Ingram 2018
- “The Varieties of Contemplative Experience: A Mixed-Methods Study of Meditation-Related Challenges in Western Buddhists”, Lindahl et al 2017
- “Mindfulness and Performance: Cautionary Notes on a Compelling Concept”, Dane 2015
- “The Beauty of Human Decomposition in Japanese Watercolor”, Remains 2015
- “"Body of a Courtesan in 9 Stages": A 19th Century Study of Decomposition”, Remains 2014
- “Meditation Programs for Psychological Stress and Well-Being: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis”, Goyal et al 2014
- “Social Psychology. Just Think: the Challenges of the Disengaged Mind”, Wilson et al 2014
- “Case Study of Ecstatic Meditation: FMRI and EEG Evidence of Self-Stimulating a Reward System”, Hagerty et al 2013
- “RE: After 4th Path: What Do To?”, Ingram 2012
- “Meditation and Its Regulatory Role on Sleep”, Nagendra et al 2012
- “Personal Best: Top Athletes and Singers Have Coaches. Should You?”, Gawande 2011
- “Insight, Rumination, and Self-Reflection As Predictors of Well-Being”, Harrington & Loffredo 2010
- “Paying Attention to Mindfulness and Its Effects on Task Performance in the Workplace”, Dane 2010
- “Mindfulness Meditation Improves Cognition: Evidence of Brief Mental Training”, Zeidan et al 2010
- “Meditation Acutely Improves Psychomotor Vigilance, and May Decrease Sleep Need”, Kaul et al 2010
- “Mental Training Affects Distribution of Limited Brain Resources”, Slagter et al 2007
- “Meditation Practices for Health: State of the Research”, Center 2007
- “Behind the Sensationalism: Images of a Decaying Corpse in Japanese Buddhist Art”, Kanda 2005
- Saints and Psychopaths, Hamilton 1995
- “The Structure and Dynamics of the Attainment of Cessation in Theravada Meditation”, King 1977b
- The Three Pillars of Zen: Teaching, Practice, and Enlightenment, Kapleau 1969
- “A Review of My Favorite Books of 2021”
- “The Zizians”
- “When Buddhism Goes Bad”
- “Culadasa Accused of Sexual Misconduct”
- “I Believed the Hype and Did Mindfulness Meditation for Dumb Reasons—Now I’m Trying to Reverse the Damage”
- “From 0 Meditation to 50 Days of Retreat in One Year: What I Wish I Knew”
- “About My Writing”, Chapman 2026
- “Nadia Asparouhova”, Asparouhova 2026
- “How to Do the Jhanas”, Asparouhova 2026
- “Improving Mental Health by Training the Suppression of Unwanted Thoughts”
- “On Awful Behavior from Awakened People”, Chapin 2026
- “Book Review: Mastering The Core Teachings Of The Buddha”
- “Gupta On Enlightenment”
- “Is Enlightenment Compatible With Sex Scandals?”
- “The PNSE Paper”
- “Highlights From The Comments On PNSE”
- “Samsara”
- “My First Wave Meditation Grandma: So Great to Hear You’ve Gotten into That Bay Area Dharma Scene! How Are Those Old Hippies?…”, Eaton 2026
- “Meditation Start-Up Jhourney Promises Bliss on Demand”
- “Meditation Risks, Safety, Goals, Methods”
- “Jhanas and the Dark Room Problem”
- Buddha’s Lists, Wiki 2026
- “Meditation Course Claims 65% Enlightenment Rate: My Review”
- “Quaker Practice for the Aspiring Rationalist”
- “My Tantric ‘Awakening’ Turned Me off Sex”
- “The Dark Knight of the Soul”
- “What Are the Jhānas? The Meditative State Breaking through the Mainstream, Explained”
- Wikipedia (9)
- Miscellaneous
- Bibliography
See Also
Gwern
“Apparently, He’s Been ‘Manifesting’”, Gwern & Gemini-3.1-pro-preview 2026
“2013 Lewis Meditation Results”, Gwern 2013
Links
“Highlights From The Comments On ‘Fatima’ [Kasina, Sun Hallucinations]”, Alexander 2025
Highlights From The Comments On ‘Fatima’ [Kasina, sun hallucinations]
“I Have Had Two Psychotic Episodes. Both of Them Were Dangerous, Temporary, and Precipitated by a Combination of Insight Cycle + Sleep Deprivation + Psychomagic.”, lsusr 2025
“Moments Of Awakening [Children Suddenly Gaining Inner-Voice?]”, Alexander 2025
Moments Of Awakening [children suddenly gaining inner-voice?]
“Update to Meditation Grief Essay: 2 Months Later; Most of the Effects Have Remained, and I’m Having a Great Time”, Carmen 2025
ChrisChipMonk @ "2025-05-12"
“Monks Behaving Badly: Explaining Buddhist Violence in Asia Free”, Saiya & Manchanda 2025
Monks Behaving Badly: Explaining Buddhist Violence in Asia Free
“Meditation and Reduced Sleep Need”, niplav 2025
“The Grief of Losing Your Sense of Self Is like Getting to Heaven and Being Upset They Don’t Have Your Favorite Flavor of La Croix: The Old Me Has Died and I Miss Her, but Not That Much”, Carmen 2025
“6 Years of Meditation Data Reveals a Depressing Picture: A Mini Meta-Analysis Showing Meditation Made Me More Anxious, Frustrated, Depressed, and Less Social”, Syler 2025
“Meditating More Made Me Sleep Better and Feel Worse: Findings from a Year’s worth of N = 1 Experiments on Meditation”, Syler 2025
“The Relationship between Self-Reflection and Mental Health: a Meta-Analysis Review”, He & Gan 2025
The relationship between self-reflection and mental health: a meta-analysis review
“Japanese Death Poems: Part 1: Zen Monks”, Bacon 2025
“My Mind Transformed Completely, and There Were Some Tradeoffs”, Chapin 2024
My mind transformed completely, and there were some tradeoffs
“Life in HD: An Investigation of the jhanas’ Impact on Jhourney Retreat Attendees”, Asparouhova & Jhourney 2024
Life in HD: An investigation of the jhanas’ impact on Jhourney retreat attendees :
“[Intuitive Self-Models] 6. Awakening / Enlightenment / PNSE”, Byrnes 2024
“How My Day Is Going: Report”, Chapin 2024
“Woodsqueer”, Anonymous 2024
“Intensive Whole-Brain 7T MRI Case Study of Volitional Control of Brain Activity in Deep Absorptive Meditation States”, Yang et al 2023b
“What Do SSRIs and Heady Zen Have in Common? Legendary Teacher, Adyashanti, Calls It a Day”, Olshonsky 2023
What Do SSRIs and Heady Zen Have in Common? Legendary teacher, Adyashanti, calls it a day
“Improving Mental Health by Training the Suppression of Unwanted Thoughts”, Mamat & Anderson 2023
Improving mental health by training the suppression of unwanted thoughts
“The Monk Who Thinks the World Is Ending: Can Buddhism Fix AI?”, Lowrey 2023
The Monk Who Thinks the World Is Ending: Can Buddhism fix AI?
“Are Woo Non-Responders Defective?”, Alexander 2023
“Cessations of Consciousness in Meditation: Advancing a Scientific Understanding of Nirodha Samāpatti”, Laukkonen et al 2023
Cessations of consciousness in meditation: Advancing a scientific understanding of Nirodha Samāpatti
“Fact Check: Do All Healthy People Have Mystical Experiences?”, Alexander 2022
Fact Check: Do All Healthy People Have Mystical Experiences?
“Cultivating Collaboration in Mania”, Lutters 2022
“Effectiveness and Cost-Effectiveness of Universal School-Based Mindfulness Training Compared With Normal School Provision in Reducing Risk of Mental Health Problems and Promoting Well-Being in Adolescence: the MYRIAD Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial”, Kuyken et al 2022
“Night Shifts: Can Technology Shape Our Dreams?”, Clune 2022
“Mind-Body Practices & Self-Enhancement: Direct Replications of Gebauer Et Al 2018’s Experiments 1 & 2”, Vaughan-Johnston et al 2021
“Defining and Measuring Meditation-Related Adverse Effects in Mindfulness-Based Programs”, Britton et al 2021
Defining and Measuring Meditation-Related Adverse Effects in Mindfulness-Based Programs
“Adverse Effects of Meditation: A Review of Observational, Experimental and Case Studies”, Lambert et al 2021
Adverse effects of meditation: A review of observational, experimental and case studies
“‘Better Not to Begin. Once Begun, Better to Finish!’”, Griffes 2021
“How Would the Buddha Rate on Rosenberg’s Self-Esteem Scale?”, Lumma et al 2019
“Mindfulness Meditation Impairs Task Motivation but Not Performance”, Hafenbrack & Vohs 2018
Mindfulness Meditation Impairs Task Motivation but Not Performance
“Mind-Body Practices and the Self: Yoga and Meditation Do Not Quiet the Ego but Instead Boost Self-Enhancement”, Gebauer et al 2018
“Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness [Excerpt on Side-Effects]”, Treleaven 2018
“I Don’t Trust People Whose Metaphysics Are Weirder Than Their Politics. If You’re a Secular Materialist or Nondenominational…”, raggedjackscarlet 2018
“Mastering the Core Teachings of the Buddha § 29. Kasina Practice”, Ingram 2018
Mastering the Core Teachings of the Buddha § 29. Kasina Practice
“Mastering the Core Teachings of the Buddha § 61. Crazy?”, Ingram 2018
“The Varieties of Contemplative Experience: A Mixed-Methods Study of Meditation-Related Challenges in Western Buddhists”, Lindahl et al 2017
“Mindfulness and Performance: Cautionary Notes on a Compelling Concept”, Dane 2015
Mindfulness and Performance: Cautionary Notes on a Compelling Concept
“The Beauty of Human Decomposition in Japanese Watercolor”, Remains 2015
“"Body of a Courtesan in 9 Stages": A 19th Century Study of Decomposition”, Remains 2014
"Body of a courtesan in 9 stages": A 19th century study of decomposition
“Meditation Programs for Psychological Stress and Well-Being: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis”, Goyal et al 2014
Meditation programs for psychological stress and well-being: a systematic review and meta-analysis
“Social Psychology. Just Think: the Challenges of the Disengaged Mind”, Wilson et al 2014
Social psychology. Just think: the challenges of the disengaged mind
“Case Study of Ecstatic Meditation: FMRI and EEG Evidence of Self-Stimulating a Reward System”, Hagerty et al 2013
Case Study of Ecstatic Meditation: fMRI and EEG Evidence of Self-Stimulating a Reward System
“RE: After 4th Path: What Do To?”, Ingram 2012
“Meditation and Its Regulatory Role on Sleep”, Nagendra et al 2012
“Personal Best: Top Athletes and Singers Have Coaches. Should You?”, Gawande 2011
Personal Best: Top athletes and singers have coaches. Should you?
“Insight, Rumination, and Self-Reflection As Predictors of Well-Being”, Harrington & Loffredo 2010
Insight, Rumination, and Self-Reflection as Predictors of Well-Being
“Paying Attention to Mindfulness and Its Effects on Task Performance in the Workplace”, Dane 2010
Paying Attention to Mindfulness and Its Effects on Task Performance in the Workplace
“Mindfulness Meditation Improves Cognition: Evidence of Brief Mental Training”, Zeidan et al 2010
Mindfulness meditation improves cognition: Evidence of brief mental training :
View PDF:
“Meditation Acutely Improves Psychomotor Vigilance, and May Decrease Sleep Need”, Kaul et al 2010
Meditation acutely improves psychomotor vigilance, and may decrease sleep need
“Mental Training Affects Distribution of Limited Brain Resources”, Slagter et al 2007
Mental Training Affects Distribution of Limited Brain Resources
“Meditation Practices for Health: State of the Research”, Center 2007
“Behind the Sensationalism: Images of a Decaying Corpse in Japanese Buddhist Art”, Kanda 2005
Behind the Sensationalism: Images of a Decaying Corpse in Japanese Buddhist Art
Saints and Psychopaths, Hamilton 1995
“The Structure and Dynamics of the Attainment of Cessation in Theravada Meditation”, King 1977b
The Structure and Dynamics of the Attainment of Cessation in Theravada Meditation :
The Three Pillars of Zen: Teaching, Practice, and Enlightenment, Kapleau 1969
The Three Pillars of Zen: Teaching, Practice, and Enlightenment
“A Review of My Favorite Books of 2021”
“The Zizians”
“When Buddhism Goes Bad”
“Culadasa Accused of Sexual Misconduct”
“I Believed the Hype and Did Mindfulness Meditation for Dumb Reasons—Now I’m Trying to Reverse the Damage”
“From 0 Meditation to 50 Days of Retreat in One Year: What I Wish I Knew”
From 0 meditation to 50 days of retreat in one year: what I wish I knew
“About My Writing”, Chapman 2026
“Nadia Asparouhova”, Asparouhova 2026
“How to Do the Jhanas”, Asparouhova 2026
“Improving Mental Health by Training the Suppression of Unwanted Thoughts”
Improving mental health by training the suppression of unwanted thoughts
“On Awful Behavior from Awakened People”, Chapin 2026
“Book Review: Mastering The Core Teachings Of The Buddha”
“Gupta On Enlightenment”
View External Link:
https://slatestarcodex.com/2018/04/19/gupta-on-enlightenment/
“Is Enlightenment Compatible With Sex Scandals?”
“The PNSE Paper”
View External Link:
“Highlights From The Comments On PNSE”
Highlights From The Comments On PNSE
View External Link:
https://slatestarcodex.com/2019/10/24/highlights-from-the-comments-on-pnse/
“Samsara”
“My First Wave Meditation Grandma: So Great to Hear You’ve Gotten into That Bay Area Dharma Scene! How Are Those Old Hippies?…”, Eaton 2026
“Meditation Start-Up Jhourney Promises Bliss on Demand”
Meditation Start-up Jhourney Promises Bliss on Demand
View External Link:
https://time.com/7007856/jhourney-meditation-jhanas-retreat-bliss/
“Meditation Risks, Safety, Goals, Methods”
“Jhanas and the Dark Room Problem”
Buddha’s Lists, Wiki 2026
“Meditation Course Claims 65% Enlightenment Rate: My Review”
“Quaker Practice for the Aspiring Rationalist”
“My Tantric ‘Awakening’ Turned Me off Sex”
My Tantric ‘awakening’ turned me off sex
View External Link:
https://www.salon.com/2013/03/17/my_tantric_awakening_turned_me_off_sex/
“The Dark Knight of the Soul”
“What Are the Jhānas? The Meditative State Breaking through the Mainstream, Explained”
What are the jhānas? The meditative state breaking through the mainstream, explained
Wikipedia (9)
Miscellaneous
http://engagedharma.net/2019/08/19/culadasa-charged-with-sexual-misconduct/https://arram.substack.com/p/how-a-glimpse-of-absolute-perfectionhttps://guzey.com/2022-lessons/#meditation-is-terrible---meditation-is-amazingView External Link:
https://guzey.com/2022-lessons/#meditation-is-terrible---meditation-is-amazinghttps://harpers.org/archive/2021/04/lost-in-thought-psychological-risks-of-meditation/View HTML (20MB):
/doc/www/harpers.org/3c6355dca81f601e2d45775073031e81caf97d66.htmlhttps://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0956797621997366https://kennethreitz.org/essays/2016/02/27/mentalhealtherror-an-exception-occurredhttps://kennethreitz.org/essays/2019/03/01/mentalhealtherror-three-years-laterhttps://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12671-020-01389-4https://niplav.site/notes_on_pickup.html#Vascular_Tension_and_Attractivenesshttps://psyche.co/ideas/what-happens-to-the-brain-during-consciousness-ending-meditationhttps://religion.fandom.com/wiki/9_JhanasView External Link:
https://sashachapin.substack.com/5-meo-dmt-a-review-by-a-confusedhttps://sashachapin.substack.com/five-mildly-anti-buddhist-essayshttps://slatestarcodex.com/2017/09/20/meditative-states-as-mental-feedback-loops/https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/aldous-huxleys-deep-reflection/https://vividness.live/how-asian-buddhism-imported-western-ethicshttps://www.cheetahhouse.org/faq#block-yui_3_17_2_1_1588798232951_15860https://www.joshcsimmons.com/posts/no-not-everyone-should-meditatehttps://www.lesswrong.com/posts/99PwFdz7qwHxQgwYx/awakening#Second_Insight_Cyclehttps://www.lesswrong.com/posts/DQvuSBquC8ccwPhBo/self-blinded-caffeine-rcthttps://www.lesswrong.com/posts/bNKcKb8LYaQe49kWF/going-crazy-and-getting-better-againhttps://www.lesswrong.com/posts/tMhEv28KJYWsu6Wdo/kensh?commentId=rdspAcLwuwS85kGKxhttps://www.lesswrong.com/posts/vMELyahKkbya5efRE/my-experience-with-loving-kindness-meditationhttps://www.mctb.org/mctb2/table-of-contents/part-iii-the-samatha-jhanas/28-the-formless-realms/https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-weekend-essay/the-day-ram-dass-diedhttps://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/01/29/the-woman-who-spent-five-hundred-days-in-a-cavehttps://www.thebeliever.net/logger/2014-04-18-reincarnation-in-exile/
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