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When you believe things you don't understand
From Don't Pay To Pray's Twitter, there's a good link on Meditation and insanity, and the dangers of what happens when people don't understand the exercises they're undertaking, try to do them before they're ready, and overdo exercises beyond what is called for.
All legitimate traditions understand that if something has the power to help you, it can also have the power to mess you up- you wouldn't randomly take medicine out of the cabinet imagining all of it is good for you in all situations. There's a lot of people looking for simple answers, simple methods, and a lot of people willing to sell it to them as well- would you believe you can solve all health issues if you did enough push-ups?
And, impatient people trying to start at the end. Detachment is an end result, not a beginning one. Attaching self-judgment is ridiculous- it's like teaching children to feel bad about themselves if they can't reach the kitchen counter yet- time and due course without frustration or impatience is what people need to learn instead.
All legitimate traditions understand that if something has the power to help you, it can also have the power to mess you up- you wouldn't randomly take medicine out of the cabinet imagining all of it is good for you in all situations. There's a lot of people looking for simple answers, simple methods, and a lot of people willing to sell it to them as well- would you believe you can solve all health issues if you did enough push-ups?
And, impatient people trying to start at the end. Detachment is an end result, not a beginning one. Attaching self-judgment is ridiculous- it's like teaching children to feel bad about themselves if they can't reach the kitchen counter yet- time and due course without frustration or impatience is what people need to learn instead.