Dr. David Burns

What do you make of that, Jason? So this group of people are fairly familiar with meditation, and yet they have this idea, this thought, that 25% of the non-finishers and 11% of the finishers thought that meditation would be painful or difficult. 13% of the non-finishers thought that it would make them feel worse. And that 26%, which seems pretty high, that it would be a complete waste of time.

And my guess is that people who are familiar with meditation would not fall into those belief systems.

And my guess is that people who are familiar with meditation would not fall into those belief systems.

Right. I find that surprising.

Right. I find that surprising.

Yep.

Yep.

So Jason, are you looking at the non-finishers as your control group, kind of?

So Jason, are you looking at the non-finishers as your control group, kind of?

It's a good start.

It's a good start.

After each one?

After each one?

And they're doing one meditation at a time consecutively?

And they're doing one meditation at a time consecutively?

I love these different choices, Jason. Four of them are all about internal, your body, counting your breath. paying attention to your breath and the things around you, thinking, breathing, hearing, planning, experiencing. And then the one, the loving kindness is focusing outward, like sending out loving kindness to, you do do it toward yourself, but you're sending it out towards others.

I love these different choices, Jason. Four of them are all about internal, your body, counting your breath. paying attention to your breath and the things around you, thinking, breathing, hearing, planning, experiencing. And then the one, the loving kindness is focusing outward, like sending out loving kindness to, you do do it toward yourself, but you're sending it out towards others.

And then the do nothing meditation, I guess, fits its own separate category. Yeah.

And then the do nothing meditation, I guess, fits its own separate category. Yeah.

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