Waking Up

A new operating system for your mind—not just another meditation app. Free for anyone who can't afford it.

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Freedom is a big word. It suggests escape from all the messiness of being human. But in the final installment of Awake Where You Are, Martin Aylward shows us that real freedom not only includes the vagaries of daily life—it emerges through them. https://t.co/mUP8rqKSQ5

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Sunday Moment: Where is your life in this moment?
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Artwork by Machado Leão

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In the second installment of The Open Path, Elias Amidon shows us that, more than anything else, our paths open when we open ourselves: by caring for others, by taking action in the face of worry, by welcoming new experiences without preconception. https://t.co/OCK5mufA8X

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Sunday Moment: Whatever you’re about to do, see if you can do it fully awake. https://t.co/XUHhzIcY1S

Animation by Ceci Erlich

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What if the difference between resentment and gratitude was one mental move? In this clip, Sam shares how shifting your perspective, even just for a moment, can dissolve frustration and reveal gratitude.

Find more Stoic philosophy in the Waking Up app. https://t.co/0FrFQUYZKm

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Understand how mindfulness can enhance your creative process with Drawn from Wonder, the @Blackwing x Waking Up playlist. Slow down with 11 curated tracks focusing on creativity, attention, and seeing differently. https://t.co/VIE6N2hDTF

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In Knowing Presence, Ayya Ānandabodhī invites us to see our personal experiences—difficult thoughts, pleasant sensations—not as solitary perceptions but as evidence of our connection to others, to nature, to the world. https://t.co/Bp1ieizbZq

Series artwork by Ceci Erlich

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Sunday Moment: Find your superpower. https://t.co/A6Rd3cVpMP

Artwork by The Real Theory

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Heading out of town for the holiday weekend? With our On the Road playlist, you can get lost with Tom Lutz, rediscover your city with Rob Walker, explore Burma with Joseph Goldstein and go on an adventure with Pico Iyer. https://t.co/ZiwuqAteym

Artwork by Morgan Powell

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Sunday Moment: If you think you can stay angry without continually manufacturing this emotion, you are mistaken.

Artwork by Machado Leão.
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Many teachers say meditation is about effortlessness—about ease, not striving, letting things be. But in three new sessions of Sitting in Stillness, Adyashanti goes further, inviting us to drop the subtlest sense of even being a meditator. https://t.co/kx1nd2nLYy

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Portrait by Jason Chatfield

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In Better Things & Better People, Sam speaks with historian @rutgerbregman. They discuss why it seems like we are at the hinge of human history, how altruism should be rewarded, why empathy is overrated, moral entrepreneurship, existential risk, and more. https://t.co/jM2UVBgTXI

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Body. Injury. Relationship. Sex. Breath. Care. Intimacy. You. In a new installment of Consolations II, David Whyte explores words that point to our greatest vulnerabilities. Instead of protecting these tender spaces, he honors them as sources of beauty. https://t.co/9ZzachnEk7

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Consciousness. Meditation. Psychedelics. A documentary that asks deeper questions without forcing answers.
Excited to see this collaboration with @JakeOrthwein come to life at the @PsychedelicSci.

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Extremely excited to announce that I'll be premiering my new film, produced in collaboration with the @wakingup app, at the @PsychedelicSci Conference in Denver this week!

It's called "Unraveling the Dream: Psychedelics, Meditation, and the Brain"

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In The Open Path, Elias Amidon shares Sufism-inspired reflections and insights from Zen and Dzogchen. This series helps us let go of what we think we need for spiritual fulfillment—and create space for it to appear all on its own. https://t.co/19M8fddSGY
Artwork by Jonathan Conda

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In the latest installment of Beyond Concepts, John Astin doesn’t offer techniques, instructions, or guidance along a path. Instead, across six poetic reflections, he simply describes how ordinary experience is already vast, alive, and complete. https://t.co/sJIXbviay0

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Series artwork by Marta Ryczko

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What if the reason you feel stuck isn’t that you’re doing life wrong, but trying too hard to do it right? In a new installment of You Are Here, Oliver Burkeman helps us get out of our own way and just move forward—imperfectly, uncomfortably, but freely. https://t.co/Qe4hWdIOHw

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Portrait by Jason Chatfield

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In Philosophy for Life, Sam speaks to author and psychotherapist @DonJRobertson. They discuss the relationship between wisdom and virtue, ancient versions of psychotherapy, parallels between Stoicism and Buddhism, the life of Marcus Aurelius, and more. https://t.co/Z5l28DAKX7