How to meditate properly, and hopefully avoid wasting your life in dead end practices

Simonthepilgrim

Meng-jia,

You may think that your right to acll yourself a teacher, a counsellor or a psychotherapist is up to you, without external validation, but I would suggest that when you entitle your post "How to meditate properly", you are claiming some authority and it is fair, I suggest, that we enquire about the source of that authority.

After all, you link your post to your "School", where you ask for contributions and, in your sig., to your counselling site where you offer services.

I also find it strange that you speak of "self-reliance" whilst maintaining that yours is the "proper" method. By this, surely, you imply that all other methods are somehow a "waste of time".

The Internet is awash with frauds and scam artists. I do not suggest that you are one such: I am simply asking you to clarify.

fivebells

There's also the fact that his vicious attack on Abu suggests that his own practice has a lot of holes in it. Physician heal thyself.

federica

I'm going to close this thread for several reasons, some of which concern private communication between myself and the OP, very much in line with Simon's concerns.
I think, quite frankly, we're done here, and I see little point in continuing this thread.
There is too much dissent and contradiction of ideas,$ and opinions that I fear unskillful comments will merely increase.
Thanks to all for comments and contributions.