I believe that some kind of deep training towards gaining some
   sort of comprehension of potentially deeper truths of some kinds
   is helpful psychologically and assists in everyday annoyances
   NOT taking over the emotional state, hijacking it and lording
   over the reason like a big bully. Sarah McCloughlin's "Arms of
   an Angel" dog commercial was a great recent example. I don't go
   for hyperbole or emotional manipulation attempts or excessive
   dependence upon a single methodology for attainment of truth.
   That's 'cause, well, I haven't figured out fully what to call
   mine yet. But that being said, even when it has flaws, attempts
   at attaining truth that's useful in deciphering the crytographic
   encoded world we're in (social rules, how to deal with other
   people, how to deal with the self, etc), isn't all bad and
   mostly useful.