Emerging evidence that mindfulness can sometimes increase selfish tendencies
This is a forefront issue that Buddhism tries to address, both modern pragmatic Buddhism and fundamentalist Buddhism. It&#x27;s why right speech, right action, and morals is one of the first things they drill into you. Most pragmatic practitioners will refuse to teach you if you indicate that you have some mental problems or moral deficiencies that should be addressed by a professional first, as mindfulness may end up doing more harm than good. It&#x27;s one of the flaws of teaching secular mindfulness, far from its Buddhist roots. I&#x27;ve experienced all these interpersonal deficits after meditating seriously 2 hours every day for 2 years straight. Just need to have the self-awareness to address them, despite the goal of no-self.<p>I saw a Dr. K video in another comment, and one of my favorite quotes he uses to describe meditation is that, &quot;if you run for 5 miles a day, there will be changes to your body that will definitely happen&quot;.<p>More here:<p>- <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.mctb.org&#x2F;mctb2&#x2F;table-of-contents&#x2F;part-i-the-fundamentals&#x2F;2-morality-the-first-and-last-training&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.mctb.org&#x2F;mctb2&#x2F;table-of-contents&#x2F;part-i-the-fund...</a><p>- <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;eudoxos.github.io&#x2F;cfitness&#x2F;html&#x2F;index.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;eudoxos.github.io&#x2F;cfitness&#x2F;html&#x2F;index.html</a><p>- <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;themindfulgeek.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;themindfulgeek.com&#x2F;</a> plus a talk he gave at Google <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=s2xxsA9Bn-4" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=s2xxsA9Bn-4</a>