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Mindfulness in Plain English

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Meditation to IRL awareness finally clicked for me

Meditation to IRL awareness finally clicked for me — Hi I'm a daily meditator with 2 years practice. I originally started with focusing on the breath, which went well for a year. My introductory book on the subject was "Mindfulness in Plain English" …

r/Meditationpost4/9/2026
I had the most blissful experience today...

I had the most blissful experience today... — So I've been meditating for about 20 years now, and nothing like this has ever happened. I was sitting in my chair reading "Mindfulness in Plain English" by Bhante Gunaratana and I suddenly thought of…

r/Meditationpost3/20/2026
Meditated 19 minutes today, looking for feedback

Meditated 19 minutes today, looking for feedback — Hi, I meditated 19 minutes this morning and it was great. I've only been at it for two days so far, doing 15 minutes yesterday morning. I read the book *Mindfulness in Plain English* and I am followi…

r/Meditationpost4/8/2026
What is 'not' meditation?

Mindfulness in Plain English has a section dedicated to this question. It's well worth reading as it's filled with great insights and will give you a solid foundation on which to build your practice…

r/Meditationcomment3/20/2026
The extent to which people operate from the lower chakras boggles my mind

Developing a reliable consistent felt sense of energy is a good place to start. There was a thread about this a few days ago: https://www.reddit.com/r/energy_work/s/vF5QuI2GbL I like my answer: htt…

r/energy_workcomment3/28/2026
I had the most blissful experience today...

I was reading Mindfulness in Plain English by Bhante Gunaratana and I was very absorbed in my reading, then I had a funny thought and it kicked in instantly. The pages of the book glowed a light yello…

r/Meditationcomment3/31/2026
Meditation Is not working?

It sounds like your doing great to be honest. You are consistent and don't give up. You said you see benefits while meditating but not outside of that. That's completely to be expected at first, othe…

r/Meditationcomment4/6/2026
Meditation has started to make me wonder if im actually crazy.

From Mindfulness in Plain English: "Somewhere in this process you will come face-to-face with the sudden and shocking realization that you are completely crazy. Your mind is a shrieking gibbering mad…

r/Meditationcomment4/7/2026