Downsides of Meditation

[Sahil Pandit]

Hello,

My meditation has recently increased my compassion, openness, creativity, and acceptance of self and others.

However, I am experiencing some of the the drawbacks as well. Here a few I need help with reconciling:

1. Very high in agreeableness - I do not feel the necessity of stating my intentions to those who have different beliefs. Also, I would rather submit and evade rather than confront people who disagree.

2. Being high in conscientiousness as well, when I am around others who are say, more neurotic and hard wired to be direct and blunt, my personality changes to suit their type of personality. Fundamentally, I feel they they are not open to listening or to expressing emotions, but rather direct communication through words alone. 

Question: How do you set boundaries for yourself when you've spent a lot of time in peace and quiet, and then you are thrown into an environment that demands you to be direct, blunt, and conform to the scenario at hand? Am I being too sensitive?

Thanks!

[Sahil Pandit]

@Sahil Pandit Also, I would like to add, my compassion for other people's suffering is increasing as well.

[Deep]

On 1/30/2018 at 3:21 PM, Sahil Pandit said:

Question: How do you set boundaries for yourself when you've spent a lot of time in peace and quiet, and then you are thrown into an environment that demands you to be direct, blunt, and conform to the scenario at hand? Am I being too sensitive?

Thanks!

By developing a healthy ego. Ego can be unhealthy as you described, such as being neurotic. Ego can also be healthy such as knowing what you want and going after it.