Meditation Advice for Beginners
GET THIS BOOK:
This is by far the best intro to mindfulness meditation that I've read. By, far. It's only 90 pages and covers all the bases with minimal noise. It also includes a CD with six guided meditations that appear to be recordings from a class.
A note on woo:
Woo is mystic energy or karma or chakras or any of that nonsense. They might be useful metaphors but if you think they're actual things then I'm not gonna be very useful for you. If you're interested in my thoughts on such things then they're over here.
The super short version is that the universe is a whole bunch of quarks or whatever and it not only doesn't care about you, it doesn't even know you exist. Also, no afterlife. Sorry, one and done. The only meaning your life has is the meaning you give it. It's harsh but hopefully it will encourage you to make the best of your one life and use it in a constructive manner.
