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When Meditation Makes You Generous (and When It Doesn’t)
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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 2934" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/when_meditation_makes_you_generous_and_when_it_doesnt" target="_blank"><strong>When Meditation Makes You Generous (and When It Doesn’t) - Greater Good</strong></a></p><p></p><p><strong>Mindfulness developed in a communal culture—so it might not have the same benefits for people who are more independent.</strong></p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2010/may/24/holiday-travel-food" target="_blank">When Japanese chef Yoshihiro Murata travels</a>, he brings water with him from Japan. He says this is the only way to make truly <a href="https://gurunavi.com/en/japanfoodie/2016/07/dashi.html" target="_blank">authentic dashi</a>, the flavorful broth essential to Japanese cuisine. <a href="https://matcha-jp.com/en/1410" target="_blank">There’s science to back him up</a>: Water in Japan is notably softer—which means it has fewer dissolved minerals—than in many other parts of the world. So when Americas enjoy Japanese food, they arguably aren’t getting quite the real thing.</p><p></p><p>This phenomenon isn’t limited to food. Taking something out of its geographic or cultural context often changes the thing itself.</p><p></p><p>Take the word “namaste.” In modern Hindi, it’s simply a <a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2020/01/17/406246770/how-namaste-flew-away-from-us" target="_blank">respectful greeting</a>, the equivalent of a formal “hello” appropriate for addressing one’s elders. But in the U.S., its associations with yoga have <a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2015/07/26/425968146/whats-in-a-namaste-depends-if-you-live-in-india-or-the-u-s" target="_blank">led many people to believe</a> that it’s an inherently spiritual word.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 2934, member: 1"] [URL='https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/when_meditation_makes_you_generous_and_when_it_doesnt'][B]When Meditation Makes You Generous (and When It Doesn’t) - Greater Good[/B][/URL] [B]Mindfulness developed in a communal culture—so it might not have the same benefits for people who are more independent.[/B] [URL='https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2010/may/24/holiday-travel-food']When Japanese chef Yoshihiro Murata travels[/URL], he brings water with him from Japan. He says this is the only way to make truly [URL='https://gurunavi.com/en/japanfoodie/2016/07/dashi.html']authentic dashi[/URL], the flavorful broth essential to Japanese cuisine. [URL='https://matcha-jp.com/en/1410']There’s science to back him up[/URL]: Water in Japan is notably softer—which means it has fewer dissolved minerals—than in many other parts of the world. So when Americas enjoy Japanese food, they arguably aren’t getting quite the real thing. This phenomenon isn’t limited to food. Taking something out of its geographic or cultural context often changes the thing itself. Take the word “namaste.” In modern Hindi, it’s simply a [URL='https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2020/01/17/406246770/how-namaste-flew-away-from-us']respectful greeting[/URL], the equivalent of a formal “hello” appropriate for addressing one’s elders. But in the U.S., its associations with yoga have [URL='https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2015/07/26/425968146/whats-in-a-namaste-depends-if-you-live-in-india-or-the-u-s']led many people to believe[/URL] that it’s an inherently spiritual word. [/QUOTE]
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