Meditation and Mindfulness

Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind

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Avoid all Scientism guides to meditation.

Initiate with the Indians

>>9162475
I dont even know the distinction between the two.

>>9162480
What makes you say that? My gut feeling tells me much of what these people write in the way of scientism is just bait to cater to the western uni crowd. Is that it? Again, I have to profess my ignorance here..

>>9162492
The whatness of mindfulness and meditation is not the chemical or phenomenal. As a general rule people that write books like this want to have their cake and eat it too by destroying the spiritualism of meditation while maintaining spiritual experience from a scientific viewpoint.

>>9162524
oh ok, i dont really give a fuck about that desu.

Thich Nhat Hanh would be a great place to start. "Miracle of Mindfulness" or "Peace in Every Step" would probably be the best.

just close your eyes and breathe slowly

the medical advantages of meditation are real, the spiritual practices are unnecessary trappings unless you want to roleplay as a vishnu worshipper or a buddhist

>>9162533
*tips fedora*

No one meditates--

>>9162537
ok, mr. white buddhist, you're not cringeworthy at all

>>9162477
Solid post. It has a lot of the ideas behind meditation and zen as well.

>>9162549
Meditation isn't something exclusively Eastern. But since you specifically targeted "spiritualism" as a bad thing when OP is asking for meditation as means of spiritualism, it shows me you're an edgy atheist.

>>9162469
You posted it yourself
The mind illuminated is quite a complete guide, it covers materials for beginners in a very digestible way. I can't talk about the advanced topics because, well, I haven't reached them.

>>9162601
This. Culadasa's book is one of the best books about the subject, by far

read Hegel and Heidegger deeply then go read Nishitani and die

stay away from western "guides" and buddhist canon