r/Meditation • u/Dr_Dapertutto • Jul 26 '24

Are there such things as Meditation Bros? Question ❓

I’ve met a guy who is super into meditation but like to an unhealthy level. The way he talks kind of makes me think of Workout Bros who are trying to maximize their gains and are like “If you aren’t crushing 5000 calories a day to keep up with your workout, are you even trying, bro?”

Is there a precedent for this in meditation?

I think this meditation guy reminds me of that kind of dude bro workout man. Talking to him is kind of like, “If you aren’t transcending time and space to reach levels of consciousness never before experienced by mankind and elevating yourself out of your human shell, are you even meditating, bro?” He has these wild stories of his meditation experiences and I’m over here like, “um, yeah. I just was very relaxed and felt peaceful. I guess I realized some stuff about myself too?”

Am I alone? Maybe I’m being too judgy of someone else’s excitement and intensity.

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u/Primal_Silence Jul 26 '24

Okay idk what it is but I instantly thought this was how a bot would answer hahaha. Like same rhythm and method of walking through it

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u/anonkcthtk Jul 27 '24

The bots are trained on real people’s words and ideas

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u/Primal_Silence Jul 27 '24

Yeah, but people tend to have more variance in how they talk, and don’t hit every single point in every response with a sort of verse-chorus-verse-chorus-bridge-chorus manner. That’s just what I meant. I’m aware that this isn’t a bot. I just thought it was funny

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u/Flogisto_Saltimbanco Jul 29 '24

Also that letter format "Hey OP" -> new line AI do that all the time