Waking Up - Guided meditation with Sam Harris

Have you done a samadhi concentration retreat before and any thoughts on how worthwhile a focused concentration practice is to a broader Vipassana practice?

Hi Sam. What do you think the relationship is between renunciation and the spiritual life? Does it change depending on whether one is practicing dzogchen or vipassana? How do you see it in your own life?

Sam, thank you for getting this up and running. I’m a big fan of pretty much everything you produce. Question: Are there any significant differences between your take/methodology on mindfulness compared to Joseph Goldstein?

@samharrisofficial I'm a grateful beneficiary of the previous-supporters-don't-pay policy, but I'm interested to know how you plan to expand your consuming audience to people who aren't already aware of your podcast— maybe a discount for referring new people, like what my local gym does?

Hello Sam and team, thanks for building this out and the access for supporters. Any plans to integrate with healthkit so meditation minutes can be logged? I know this goes against the intent of the practice, but everything else is logged and I’d like this to be too 😉

Hi Sam, the app is wonderful and I'm really enjoying it. I was wondering if you'd be adding loving-kindness or compassion practices to the app? These practices sound very flowery but I find them to be useful in connecting with and understanding others.

Hi @samharrisofficial, great app without initial information overload. Do you think that a more analytical meditation is really meditation by definition? Nevertheless, would you say this is helpful for improving decision making? How would you go about it?

Really excited to give this a spin! I've used Oak and Headspace regularly in the past, but always enjoyed the guided meditations @samharrisofficial put out more. Cool that it's now a full program/app

Hi Sam, I saw you in Toronto recently with Greene, great chat. Anyway — How do you plan to split your focus between podcasts, the app, and (hopefully still) - writing books? Do you plan to expand the app beyond just meditation? and if so, how? I think the ethics, and sanity you talk about are very beneficial, and those sorts of moral lessons (example, your book "Lying") lead to more calm, and easier ability to be mindful. I haven't had a chance to look into the app yet, but looking forward to it! Thanks James

I listened to several meditations last night as I was trying to fall asleep. Sam has perfect tone and pacing my o create a meditative headspace. His many years of personal experience really shine through.

Although I have practiced hatha yoga for about 20 years I never got deep into the still forms of meditation-I have long found the meditative within movement.

Yet, I have several Buddhist friends and have always admired their calm collected and deeply still presence.

Following this feeling of respect coupled with my innate curiosity of all things spiritual and the Waking Up podcast (my highest patreon sponsorship goes to it and if you know anything about me you know that's saying something!) I was thrilled to be given the opportunity explore with an invitation to download the app for free.

Thanks @samharrisofficial! I would have paid for it, but these little things mean so much!

To summize-This is a great product. I recommend it highly for new to advanced meditators and the meditative-curious.

Om ing On and On and On.........

Pros:

Great voice and easy to follow

Cons:

None as of yet