Um And none of that entails really drilling down on this paradoxical claim that the self is an illusion or , or , or anything else of that sort . But from my point of view , the real purpose of meditation and its real promise is not in this long list of , of benefits . And uh you know , I'm not discounting any of those though , you know , the science uh for many of them is quite provisional .
Um One is , you know , very straightforward and remedial and non paradoxical and very well subscribed . And it's , it's the usual set of claims about all the benefits you're gonna get for meditation , right ? So you're gonna lower your stress and you're gonna increase your focus and you're gonna , you know , stave off cortical thinning and there's all kinds of good things that science is saying meditation will , will give you .
And it's , it's the usual set of claims about all the benefits you're gonna get for meditation , right ? So you're gonna lower your stress and you're gonna increase your focus and you're gonna , you know , stave off cortical thinning and there's all kinds of good things that science is saying meditation will , will give you . Um And none of that entails really drilling down on this paradoxical claim that the self is an illusion or , or , or anything else of that sort .
And it's from the point of view of being a locus of attention that is now aiming attention strategically at an object like the breath um that there's this dualism that is set up and ultimately the ultimate promise of meditation . I mean , there are really two levels at which you could be interested in , in meditation . Um One is , you know , very straightforward and remedial and non paradoxical and very well subscribed .
Let's look for this thing you're calling I , and again , I is not identical to the body . People feel like their hands are out there and they're , when , if they're gonna meditate , they're gonna close their eyes very likely . And now they're gonna pay attention to something , they're gonna pay attention to the breath or the sounds .
