A beginner’s understanding of Mindfulness

Background
- I’ve read a couple of books before
- Do it with friends
  - friends who’ve been on retreats
  - Friends who’re learning from the same material as you
Sam’s app review
- Not resonsive
- The content is overall good. It
What is meditation, and what are its goals
- What it’s not: thinking about nothing / falling asleep
- What it is: concentrating on your senses and thoughts, listening to your mind, glimpsing the truth
- Goals: use as a tool.
  - Reduce suffering
What are we really training here
- Concentration
- releasing the ego
Insights gained
- How I found the lack of ego
- recursion of viewer
Unanswered questions:
- Why are we using this selectively
- personal responsibility
Glossary: Vipassana, selflessness, non-duality, mindfulness, meditation