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To get started. Absolutely. Headspace has been instrumental in dealing with a very hard time in my life. For a secular, scientific look at mindfulness meditatio
by c1sc0 7y ago
To get started. Absolutely. Headspace has been instrumental in dealing with a very hard time in my life. For a secular, scientific look at mindfulness meditation read the book “Why Buddhism is true.”
- aNoob7000 7y agoThanks for the feedback. I'm going to give it a try.
- Fishysoup 7y agoHaven't read that one, but "Buddhism without Beliefs" is also a great read on Buddhism without the supernatural stuff people have attached to it over the centuries.
- adolph 7y agoHere is a podcast with the author: https://samharris.org/podcasts/is-buddhism-true/ https://samharris.org/podcasts/is-buddhism-true/
- hombre_fatal 7y agoOf course, Sam Harris himself has a meditation app (Waking Up). I think might be the best option for the HN crowd.
- c1sc0 7y agoThanks. Didn’t know that. On my second listen of the book but will check out the app for sure now.
- Fnoord 7y agoHere [1] is the Exodus Privacy report for this app. To be fair, I did like the FAQ on the website. [1] https://reports.exodus-privacy.eu.org/en/reports/38025/ https://reports.exodus-privacy.eu.org/en/reports/38025/
- hombre_fatal 7y agoFwiw, Waking Up gets better marks by those metrics than the other popular meditation apps mentioned in these comments: Headspace and Calm. (Lower is better) - Waking Up (3+11=14) - Headspace (11+16=27) - Calm (9+15=24)
- kranner 7y agoI've tried the Harris app. Everyone can do better than 10-20 minute sessions with Harris rambling in the background, acting as a constant distraction by going on and on about free will and the nature of consciousness. IMO the HN crowd doesn't have to limit itself to any specific apps. We all have access to books that discuss the hows and whys in much greater detail than any app currently does.