Beyond mindfulness in plain English

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• dhimes · Dec 16, 2012 · Recommends

  It is excellent. He now has a follow-up book, Beyond Mindfulness in Plain English: An Introductory guide to Deeper States of Meditation that I've just started. It promises to take much more time to practice via the book's techniques.

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• b6 · Dec 21, 2015 · Recommends

  I'm very happy to see an article like this on HN. This is the type of stuff I'm very interested in lately. The sources I've found most helpful so far are the books _Mindfulness in Plain English_ and _Beyond Mindfulness in Plain English_. Very briefly, we pretty much already understand the concepts that will allow us to take control of our minds and see what's going on clearly, but those are concepts, when what is needed is experience.…

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• mbrock · May 21, 2015 · Recommends

  If you want a "runged ladder" of some kind of progress, try the four levels of jhana. There are lots of published guides, for example "Beyond Mindfulness in Plain English", various works of Shaila Catherine, etc.

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• wardnath · Mar 28, 2020 · Mentions

  Just read the book "Beyond Mindfulness in Plain English" and he mentions the practice of Kasina. This app definitely made me think of that chapter. I think there's a lot to be explored in how technology can work with mindfulness & concentration practices.

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