Author of ‘Sapiens’ on how meditation made him a better historian

Re:Author of ‘Sapiens’ on how meditation made him a better h... by taylorlapeyre on Sunday March 19, 2017 @03:03PM (#13908965)

I found the app "Headspace" to be a good introduction to the process and concept.

After completing the first 10 guided sessions, I read most of "Mindfulness in Plain English" by Henepola Gunaratana. It was good for a deeper dive into Vipassana meditation in particular and did a good job of keeping the more religious overtones to a minimum. I definitely recommend it.

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Re:Author of ‘Sapiens’ on how meditation made him a better h... by reubenswartz on Sunday March 19, 2017 @10:09PM (#13911198)

Agree with the Headspace recommendation. It seems cheesy to need an app to concentrate, but Headspace makes it so easy to get started...

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Re:Author of ‘Sapiens’ on how meditation made him a better h... by abrkn on Monday March 20, 2017 @02:57AM (#13912283)

I highly recommend Headspace. Its founder, Andy, has guided me through over 100 sessions, the most recent being this morning.

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Re:Author of ‘Sapiens’ on how meditation made him a better h... by vidarh on Monday March 20, 2017 @06:43AM (#13913037)

> I read most of "Mindfulness in Plain English" by Henepola Gunaratana. It was good for a deeper dive into Vipassana meditation in particular and did a good job of keeping the more religious overtones to a minimum. I definitely recommend it.

It was the book I started with, and I just wanted to second this. As a lifelong skeptic by nature, finding a book that introduced meditation without the "woo" made all the difference.

For more of the same, look up the podcasts by Gil Fronsdal and Audiodharma. Like with Mindfulness in Plain English, it comes from a Buddhist starting point but he goes to the same length to keep the religious parts out of it.

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