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Self Improvement@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 month ago

Meditation

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Meditation

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Self Improvement@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 month ago

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.

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If you have a Vipassana center near you they offer free courses where they feed and house you while teaching you meditation. It is 7-10 days of silent meditation with no media consumption (no books no phones no computers) so it can be pretty tough the first time but it is also a great opportunity to unplug and again, it is free. The food is usually really good too

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