Everyone keeps talking about meditation and I try to get into meditation like every year. I've read a couple of books. I have a pirated Headspace course on my phone but I don't really vibe with it, it bores me for some reason. I tried a trial of the Sam Harris meditation app that seemed pretty cool, more theoretical and technical, which appealed to my nerdy side, but the trial is only a week and I haven't figured a way to pirate it. Either way I always end of doing it consistently for a couple of weeks or so and fail to form a habit.
What am I doing wrong? What's a good book, program, guided thing or whatever that keeps you going and developing your meditation practice? Maybe the whole meditation thing is overhyped and I shouldn't even bother?
that's kind of, but not, the point. Its like, learning to sit with yourself and centre yourself, and acknowledge and subsequently let go of (or allow the receding of) thoughts and feelings.
Also it's not necessarily for everyone and if you can't bring yourself to get into it (not financially but theoretically) that's fine but youre not likely to get much out of it. I dont do it regularly but I do feel better having done it when I do
Also isn't harris in with the 'intellectual dark web'/peterson crowd
The Harris character is piece of shit for sure, though it probably wouldn't stop him from being a good meditation teacher.
He’s a bigoted cryptofascist that’s deep in bed with the ruling class and even his credentials are fabrications conjured up from his parents’ money that bought him a foundation to assign himself a doctorate he doesn’t actually practice and doesn’t ever submit peer-reviewed papers for.
He probably isn't qualified for much but grift.
Sure, just something I'd like to keep in mind personally