Edit a note in the video saying you meant something else

Personally, would you consider a sound therapy/informational app?

Totally agreed. As a meditator and a branding professional I understand the dilemma here… meditators understand the huge benefits of meditation and are always looking for ways to tell the world… and what better way to spread the experience then through a digital platform like an app… but apps take money to develop and market, so it’s at this point that real challenge of keeping it “pure” begins… perhaps some things just can’t and shouldn’t be fully and translated into the digital marketplace? Maybe they need to remain “analog” until we have a better and more honest relationship between spirituality and capitalism… like all you can eat sushi… always a bad idea. 😆 Great channel! Keep up the great work!

Just round it off. I would say $120.

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Oh my goodness. Thank you 😌this was probably one of the most encouraging comments I've received so far! Thank you - I'll keep doing what I do 🙏🏼

Chogyam Trungpa was brilliant but very controversial . I was friends with a number of his first generation students many of whom now in their 70s , some in there early 80s . She didn't say his name right . From what always heard , it's pronounced Shoh gyum . I originally got into meditation a long time ago through his Shambhala Centers . I haven't been involved with them in a very long time even though I still know Shambhala people ... and the teachers and instructors from Shambhala Philadelphia . What I liked about their approach is you could either go in and learn Tibetan Buddhism or you could just learn meditation for the sake of meditation . We had many magical experiences there . Wonderful . Please look for the books by Chogyam Trungpa ... most of them are through Shambhala Publications . A good place to start is the SHAMBHALA WARRIOR ... that book is deceptively simple and you should always keep it . His book , Spiritual Materialism ... yes excellent . I used to have most of his books but one by one they vanished when I would move . Another good one is by Lobsang ( pronounced Lo sang ) Samten , a Tibetan Buddhist Lama in Philadelphia and he used to be the right-hand man to the Dalai Lama . He was also in the movie Kundun . Ancient Teachings For Modern Times is his book . I have not yet read the book he wrote subsequent to that . Some people are learning meditation through the Hindu teachers ... also very good . Buddhism is an outgrowth of Hinduism . The reason I prefer those two branches of meditation is because they seem to somehow have the edge and know more about meditation as well as the nature of reality much more than people who are westerners I am sorry to say . It's like I once heard a Tibetan Lama say " I've been studying Buddhism since I was about four years old and still I know very little about it ... but these westerners study with a teacher for a couple years and suddenly they are experts ". I'm sorry but when it comes to something as important as my mind and meditation I prefer my money and attention more on these humble people who really are not about material things and don't really have the agenda that I've seen with too many westerners . I used to like Sam Harris ... I'm sure he's a good guy , but I lost interest in him very quickly several years ago . Some people have a certain type of ambition , I don't know how to explain it ... one can feel it with these westerners and even though I myself am a modern American Woman I love the humility and childlike innocence of the Tibetan Buddhist lamas . For something more pared-down and less exotic they could always go with Zen Buddhism which is also wonderful . Again I try to avoid these really ambitious westerners who strive for ascendancy ... I'm not talkin about spiritual ascendancy but those trying to be at the top of the heap ... of the game .

well said, the use of a phone with meditation is ridiculous. the app you plugged at the end...I felt that was really strange you suggested an app after all that, like this whole video was a set up for an app advertisement, but its ok because its a mom and pop operation. I feel that was a little crazy ha ha. Please remember meditation is free for everyone and you certainly don’t need an app or phone!

Yes .. I would agree!

what does "waking up" mean?

@@isaac-xl7de it's an app by Sam Harris

@@isaac-xl7de It's another meditation app

Exactly!

Thanks! I hope I won't disappoint (though I'm sure I will at some point)

@Julianne Keu I'm so glad I found your channel! I feel the same way as others above. Just wanted to leave a long co moment for Thea. log. Rith. ms. But also, I really appreciate what you're sharing. Sincere, courageous, concise, dignifying, "high-vibes", etc. And accessible. Thank you so much for having the outline with the timestamps!! And Thanks for being so transparent and proactive in naming your location especially privileges in various facets as you are aware of them etc. as you unpack other things. It might seem overkill or too political to some viewers, sure. But to those of us who are craving deeply nuanced intersectional perspectives, it's very much needed. Thank you.

I'm using another app currently, but I started meditating recently and just didn't really know how it should look like. So apps can be good as general guideline and training for beginners, but surely not as the only true source of information.

Insight Timer was the other app I reviewed for this video! But I didn't mention it because Headspace and Calm already have over 70% of the market share. I've heard many good things about Insight Timer, though (namely that its pricing policies are less predatory). I also hear you re: gamification... back when Waking Up had "streaks," I found myself fudging my stats a little bit just to maintain my streak >.>. I'm glad they ended up getting rid of it. Such a small feature but so impactful in the grand scheme of things. Meditation is one of those things you have to just commit to doing .. until you eventually feel "off" for not doing it. Sorta like brushing your teeth!

Hey Jason! I was wondering if I could pick your brain on something. What’s your email? If you don’t mind of course 🙏🏽

@@JulianneKeu Hi Julianne! Yeah sure. It's artbyjasonthomas@gmail.com.

@@Jason-im3mf Sweet! Thanks. I"ll email you some time this week!

@@JulianneKeu Sounds good! Hope you are well!

Waking Up was a great tool, I’m so happy Sam finally came out with it!

@@RainyDayz ok zoomer 🤣

@@mt_gox hey thanks so much - keep up the engagement on my videos Edit to Corey: I have trolls now 🥰 such an exciting KZfaq milestone

@@JulianneKeu Typical woman. Just can't let it go.

@@JulianneKeu so funny, I’m almost 40 and fell great.... Silly Trolls, try meditation and micro-dosing.

Thank you .. and I definitely relate. By the time the lowest point of my life had occurred (the hospitalization I referenced), I had lost all but 2 friendships in my life. May I ask why it is you're scared? Are you afraid of losing something?

@@JulianneKeu The past few years have been great. I’m able to be thankful for everything in my life. All my life I’ve been begging for peace and I got it. I was able to see the green in the trees, the amazing look in my sons eyes. I just want to see if it is the real me. I want to be authentic. I just don’t want to go back to a place where I was terrible to people and to myself. I have confidence that I won’t. But there is a lingering doubt.

“The real you” is the soul of the child within you. Psychedelics will help melt away your ego (which protects your inner child) - and you’ll become more acquainted with that inner child again :)

Its a year later now and Sam has reworked the introductory course with a priority on making it more approachable and less confusing to beginners. I'd say give it another shot if it all interests you.

Yeah.. I completely understand his critics. It also mustn't be easy to have a full record of everything you've ever said and written about on the Internet... I like to believe there is room for growth. Why should public figures be exempt from this? Hell - if I was judged primarily based on things I've said/done in the past (whether in public or in private), I don't think I'd have the guts to show up in my KZfaq videos today.

Also i wanted to say i liked this vid and subscribed to you 😊

Thank you! May I ask how you found my channel?

@@JulianneKeu KZfaq recommended it to me. I believe it was the how to trip alone video, but I'm not sure. I have been interested in microdosing for like two years now and last year I tried it for the first time. After about two moths, I had to stop though because it got too intense. However I'm definitely going to do it again later this year. I also had my first trip with a bigger dose last year (both with LSD).

Sounds good. Good luck, Dolores!

No way! Talk about serendipity. I agree - one of the first things I noticed about Calm was the way it tried to trick me into automatically getting a year's subscription. That says so much about a company and the way it views its users. Waking Up doesn't automatically renew after your trial.. (at least, not when I used it). Give it a go - then I'd be curious to hear you thoughts about it afterward!

@@JulianneKeu I don't seem to be able to find the free trial offer on Android. Few things are unlocked but most are locked and it won't unlock unless I pay $20. Are there supposed to be locked courses in the free trial? But hey unless ite offering me a monthly option.

@@jonl9815 really ?? You should be able to get a free trial. Try this: wakingup://app.wakingup.com?freeMonthToken=99396c

@@jonl9815 Or this: app.wakingup.com/

@@JulianneKeu I checked that out too, alot of it is locked the entire Daily Meditation course is locked. The first 5 parts to the introductory course are unlocked. I'll take a look at the stuff I have access too. Edit: most of the theory stuff is unlocked. Thanks