I am a neuroscientist phd who trained in buddhist chaplaincy and coached 400+ folks on meditation habits and early entrepreneurship mindset

One thing I've noticed: practitioners tend to have an "ideal" version of themselves as meditators, like the "ghost" we race against in Mario Kart time trial...(con't)

neuroscience PhD, onchain chaplain for /spirituality, vibe imagineer for /christin, co-host of /bcbhshow for the farcaster middle class. seemore.tv/christin

...If we recognize we are doing that, then we get closer to directly experiencing "what-is" while meditating

There is a Zen koan that says if you meet the Buddha in the streets, kill him!

It is a similar analogy, the "ghost" perfect meditator...that's not what's happening now. You are. Imperfectly perfect.