Side note on the &quot;mystic flavor&quot; yoga (as oppose to plain &quot;mindfullness meditation&quot; and &quot;yoga for back pains&quot;) and other &quot;eastern&quot; spirituality things: I think there&#x27;s a reason why there are so many initiation ceremonies and tasks that one was&#x2F;is traditionally put to do before going-off-the-deep-end, and why ancient hindus saw being a yogi as a path for one that was of a certain age and already had a family and proved itself capable of functioning in society - <i>to weed out anyone with preexisting mental health conditions.</i> You even see this pattern in the story of Buddha&#x27;s life - he was a socially capable young prince born in a loving family and had no frustrations and most material needs fully satisfied. And also for the zen philosophy attitude of &quot;but don&#x27;t take these things too seriously&quot; - <i>to prevent people from actually &quot;drowning&quot; in these mystical visions and loosing any contact with reality.</i><p>Overall I think that <i>a lot</i> of people would benefit from the occasional mystical perspective on life. It&#x27;s awesome for creative problem solving! And most people have become a bit too secular and boring. But if they go on and apply the &quot;work hard on it and take it seriously&quot; pattern to spirituality they&#x27;ll just go and OD on it.<p>The &quot;westernly refined eastern spirituality&quot; seems as close to the original thing as purified cocaine is to chewed coca leaves: very different concentrations, very different use scenarios. How can it <i>not</i> go wrong for the more psychology sensitive individuals among us?<p>People should go and read&#x2F;listen some of <i>Allan Watts&#x27;</i> book&#x2F;recordings. You can try starting with this: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=8130_-3d3PA" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=8130_-3d3PA</a> . He had some good ideas on how to use an occasional mystical perspective to enrich one&#x27;s life, without taking it too seriously and completely loosing it. Mind it, I don&#x27;t agree with most of his ideas, but they are still better than what others are selling.