The Trouble with Mindfulness Apps (2016)
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The Trouble with Mindfulness Apps (2016)
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#2"When your favorite mindfulness app says it’s based in science, check twice. Few actually are."
As far as I know, none of them are is based on science.
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#3What bothers me most about these is that they often charge money. In Buddhism the teaching of mindfulness has been offered through “dana” (donations). Teachings so close to our hearts shouldn’t be commercialized in my opinion. If they are, they lose a lot of their essence. Hard to explain :)
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#4Meditation and mindfullness are free. You really don’t need an app. What you need is a book to get started and learn: Cudalasa’s Mind Illuminated is absolutely life changing.
When it comes to mindfullness, there is a lot of bullshit out there. As an objective and critical person, I find it hard to trust anyone. If you’re in the same boat, delete all these apps and buy a copy of Cudalasa. Once you’ve internalized the method of meditation, it’s there for life.
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#5"When your favorite mindfulness app says it’s based in science, check twice. Few actually are." As far as I know, none of them are is based on science.
Computer science!
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#6Meditation and mindfullness are free. You really don’t need an app. What you need is a book to get started and learn: Cudalasa’s Mind Illuminated is absolutely life changing. When it comes to mindfullness, there is a lot of bullshit out there. As an objective and critical person, I find it hard to trust anyone. If you’re in the same boat, delete all these apps and buy a copy of Cudalasa. Once you’ve internalized the…
I'll second the book recommendation above (mind illuminated).
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#7Meditation and mindfullness are free. You really don’t need an app. What you need is a book to get started and learn: Cudalasa’s Mind Illuminated is absolutely life changing. When it comes to mindfullness, there is a lot of bullshit out there. As an objective and critical person, I find it hard to trust anyone. If you’re in the same boat, delete all these apps and buy a copy of Cudalasa. Once you’ve internalized the…
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#8Meditation and mindfullness are free. You really don’t need an app. What you need is a book to get started and learn: Cudalasa’s Mind Illuminated is absolutely life changing. When it comes to mindfullness, there is a lot of bullshit out there. As an objective and critical person, I find it hard to trust anyone. If you’re in the same boat, delete all these apps and buy a copy of Cudalasa. Once you’ve internalized the…
There's a good subreddit dedicated to the book: https://www.reddit.com/r/TheMindIlluminated/
And if you really want an app, someone made a beautiful one for android, free and without ads, that follows the stages described in the book: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ragone.io.quie...
I found the light gamification useful to establish my practice.
Re: The Trouble with Mindfulness Apps (2016)
#9Meditation and mindfullness are free. You really don’t need an app. What you need is a book to get started and learn: Cudalasa’s Mind Illuminated is absolutely life changing. When it comes to mindfullness, there is a lot of bullshit out there. As an objective and critical person, I find it hard to trust anyone. If you’re in the same boat, delete all these apps and buy a copy of Cudalasa. Once you’ve internalized the…
Where can I get the book for free?
Re: The Trouble with Mindfulness Apps (2016)
#10Meditation and mindfullness are free. You really don’t need an app. What you need is a book to get started and learn: Cudalasa’s Mind Illuminated is absolutely life changing. When it comes to mindfullness, there is a lot of bullshit out there. As an objective and critical person, I find it hard to trust anyone. If you’re in the same boat, delete all these apps and buy a copy of Cudalasa. Once you’ve internalized the…
Where can I get the book for free?
If you see somebody reading it at the bus stop, you can grab it out of their hands and run away.