Not everyone should meditate
For me, meditation started a fundamental shift in how I think about free will, and oddly nobody I&#x27;ve mentioned it to in real life has felt this.<p>I used to feel very in-control of my own mind, but after intentionally sitting and monitoring for thoughts, labeling those thoughts, etc, I became sensitive to how thoughts can really come out of nowhere. You can&#x27;t predict what you will think next. That strikes a little deeper than a nature&#x2F;nurture argument where you might say &quot;oh, I just behave a certain way I guess, its in my genes&quot;. You start to wonder if you&#x27;re just being forced to watch the movie that is your own life.<p>I personally feel like my life is a mostly-good movie, and there&#x27;s reason to predict it will continue that way, but for many people, they&#x27;re stuck in a bad movie. Some people may feel imprisoned by that. But not feeling in control can also be liberating, depending how you look at it. So I definitely agree that it&#x27;s a double edged sword, or that YMMV.<p>(Overall, I&#x27;ve enjoyed meditation, and I try to do it about once a week, just to remind myself that there&#x27;s another mode of thinking that&#x27;s available to me.)