Not just how non-Buddhist people are finding it useful outside of the Buddhist context but how university health programs are promoting it for general well-being, acting as if they came up with these methods ie Koru.

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    Jon Kabat Zinn was my entry point and inspiration to meditation. I have recently returned to practice after lapsing.

    I remain secular, but from my last period, where I reached 40 minutes a day at peak, I would say certain truths within Buddhism, began to become self evident.

    With no conscious thought, and pursuing no Buddhist teachings, I experienced guilt when eating meat, and stopped crushing bugs. I came to recognise the heart-mind as singular and not separate . It was Genuine change from within, bought about only from sitting.

    Kabat zinn’s scientific credentials attracted me to him as a teacher. He is however, entirely respectful of different traditions and the origins of mindful meditation.

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      Yes, I’ve read his work and I have huge respect for Jon Kabat-Zinn. I didn’t intend for my comment to indicate otherwise :) Glad to hear your positive experience of secular meditation.