Anybody have any advice on where to start with meditation? Trying to find the useful bits among the mishmash of spiritual bs and techbro Sam Harris rational productivity improving bs.

  • SchillMenaker [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    1 month ago

    Ironically, this is an actual spiritual Buddhist meditation practice. I fell down this rabbit hole a while back and came across a guy called David McMahon who is a religious studies professor with a background in Buddhism. He’s got a couple of lectures that are up on YouTube and he’s written a few books about the relationship between modern Western meditation and traditional Buddhist practices.

    It’s super interesting and non-prescriptive and very clearly not huckster bullshit.