Listen to this and tell me you don't feel like a better person afterward. xD

For real though, I think it comes down to the person. I know people who meditate who are in essence immoral people. They treat people like crap and don't care about the well-being of others, but I think many of them are more interested in the moral high ground they feel it gives them.

I have an anxiety disorder, and just for me, it has transformed my life. I do believe it makes me a better person because I've always already been a compassionate person. Unlike many I talk to, there is not one person I hate, and I've been dicked over pretty hard by people who claimed to be very close to me. I do believe that we are all victims of our own conditions and biology, and that I would likely do exactly what other people do, even the ones whose actions are totally immoral and disgusting to me. I'm lucky, not superior, but my anxiety used to frazzle me to the point that I wouldn't express this belief as much. I also stick up for myself and my way of life more. I used to be very apologetic and non-confrontational. Meditation gave me the clarity to approach every moment more cognizant of my own well-being and goals as well as others. Still not perfect, but I'm a lot happier and can do a lot more than I used to.

I had never in my life done anything because I am in the belief that it will make me "better". I can not even define a better me sometimes. But before I die I will be happy with making a "researcher" disappear of this plane of the living we live in... for the sake of research and satisfy a curiosity in me.

I haven ever meditated, but sometimes I think about meditating.

Interesting. I don’t think meditation has made me a better person but I suspect it may have saved my life a time or two. Minds capable of self-destructive thoughts sometimes need an off switch.

Luckily I don't meditate to be a better person. I meditate to get into a mindful (present tense) state in order to de-stress. When I am de-stressed, I am entirely unlikely to scream like a banshee and dig your eyes out with jagged fingernsils. Winners all around.