Comment by IAmBroom

Fascinating repy:

> I often have very strong knee-jerk reactions to these kind of comments.

OK, YOU have an overwhelmingly emotional reaction to these comments. That is not a very successful path to understanding anything.

> It's usually from some person that has not spent very much time meditating at all or invested much time around the various cultures which treasure and pride themselves in their meditative practices. It usually goes something like:

> "[Some kind of reasoning], therefore, there is no need to meditate."

I do not see anyone arguing anything remotely like this. Perhaps your "knee-jerk reactions" are distorting what people are saying.