In the west, many conflate meditation for stress release and meditation for transcendence of the self.
If your goal is to develop yourself to go beyond every limitation that you ever believed about yourself, to transcend every piece of identity that you ever identified with in order to reach enlightenment, then it is best to look for a teacher that:
1. has achieved the goal you are after. (A teacher that practices what they preach)
2. is willing to take you as a student
3. You are willing to commit to their path and working through the difficulties like the ones outlined in the post
Note that this is explicitly about no longer identifying with your ego, and will be a very difficult, and sometimes dangerous road. Otherwise, then take the advice of the article and just do a little here and there.
Just don't conflate the two things, and - especially if you are doing the latter - definitely don't go around shopping for a bunch of different methods and try to practice them all as the author did. Grab a method and stick with it, if it's not for you then chose another one and stick with that, but don't fall into the trap of trying to create your own medicine from the vastness of teachings and methods.
If your goal is to develop yourself to go beyond every limitation that you ever believed about yourself, to transcend every piece of identity that you ever identified with in order to reach enlightenment, then it is best to look for a teacher that:
1. has achieved the goal you are after. (A teacher that practices what they preach) 2. is willing to take you as a student 3. You are willing to commit to their path and working through the difficulties like the ones outlined in the post
Note that this is explicitly about no longer identifying with your ego, and will be a very difficult, and sometimes dangerous road. Otherwise, then take the advice of the article and just do a little here and there.
Just don't conflate the two things, and - especially if you are doing the latter - definitely don't go around shopping for a bunch of different methods and try to practice them all as the author did. Grab a method and stick with it, if it's not for you then chose another one and stick with that, but don't fall into the trap of trying to create your own medicine from the vastness of teachings and methods.