Meditation for Fidgety Skeptics: A 10% Happier How-To Book

by Dan Harris

Meditation is basically the end of boredom.

If you get distracted, get curious about the experience of realizing you’ve been distracted. This mini realization is a literal rehearsal for bigger realizations that can happen down the line in meditation.

“Sometimes it feels lonely to be hanging out with a bunch of secular folks when you know the most important fucking thing in the world is to understand the sacred fact that you’re alive,”

Mind wanders, bring it back. Every moment is a new beginning. It’s a new beginning because it is not about building up to some special experience. All experiences come and go.