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@daily · 1:25

Would you prefer to meditate or be electrically shocked?

And essentially, they discovered that about half of a group disliked meditating so much that they preferred to receive an electric shock in order to stop meditating or sitting quietly with their thoughts and get out of the room. They were in early, and as someone who meditates fairly frequently, though I have periods where I'm less consistent with it, I laughed so hard when I read this because it just reminded me of how uncomfortable it can be to really, really slow down and sit with yourself

Link to the study I reference here! https://s.swell.life/SSIW68sMAgFgxyA

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Greg Dickson
@ElasticBD · 2:51

That is a strange and fascinating question

However, I guess in one sense, I'm not because a lot of people the perception of the way meditation has been introduced into Western society is that it's a relaxation technique
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