I always thought Meisner was just a technique actors use to bring out their emotions. I've discovered that this preconception of mine wasn't wrong (yay!). It's just a little incomplete. After participating and observing Meisner classes, I can see that it also teaches an actor how to react truthfully. That means actors must react without the standards of society weighing them down.

Picture yourself in a scenario where you bump into a person at the mall. The person passes a rude slightly rude comment, "Hey watch yourself". I would assume most people would ignore it or might snipe a comment back just to even the playing field, but there wouldn't be a big fight. Now picture the same scenario but between to Meisner Actors in a scene. Here the possibility of a big fight is much higher because Actors are supposed to truthfully let the words "Hey Watch Yourself " inspire them. They're meant to truthfully react knowing that in a scene, society does not exist to judge their actions.