You are correct in what you say, and what you feel, about modern secular meditation. Scientists and the techoscenti, all of whom know they know better than the millions of spiritual meditators in the world today, are creating the very issues that others within their fields are criticizing. It’s their own incompetent application of those techniques that are at fault.

Your article was good right up until the above quoted advertisement appeared, which was like the sound of an old-time record player needle scratching across the surface of an album. It’s a sad comment on the state of the world today, when even something as prescious as mind-training techniques, are sold in the marketplace, sounding like just another fast path to happiness.