Why do I meditate? Why do you?

Chris Marti wrote: Clearly a practice can be very useful, effective, reduce suffering and successful without extending to that which we call "waking up." That's what the MBSR movement relies on, for example.

Andy wrote:

Chris Marti wrote: Clearly a practice can be very useful, effective, reduce suffering and successful without extending to that which we call "waking up." That's what the MBSR movement relies on, for example.

Sure. Take for another example Dan Harris's "10% Happier"

Dan Harris wrote: “I do it because it makes me 10% happier.” The look on her face instantly changed. What had been a tiny glimmer of scorn was suddenly transformed into an expression of genuine interest. “Really?” she said. “That sounds pretty good, actually.”
Boom: I’d found my shtick. 10% happier: it had the dual benefit of being catchy and true. It was the perfect answer, really—simultaneously counterprogramming against the overpromising of the self-helpers while also offering an attractive return on investment.
I wished I’d had my 10% line at the ready when being questioned by my dad. I couldn’t blame him for being skeptical, but now my new slogan was an effective kryptonite against this kind of wariness. As I started test-driving it with others, it didn’t create any on-the-spot converts, but it did at least appear to prevent people from thinking I had gone completely off the deep end.