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Positive Psychology
Harvard University
1 recommender · 1 thread · recommended in 1 year, 2019 · score 1.0
Harvard's Positive Psychology course, taught by Tal Ben-Shahar, covers the scientific study of happiness, well-being, and what makes people flourish. It is an online course rather than a general psychology survey.
Commenters call it a great course with a great teacher and point to its lectures as a good entry into the field.
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I love psychology！When I was an undergraduate I read a lot of psychology books and take some courses which totally change my life .
I figure out that introduction to psychology is pretty boring to me because it is too broad and not relevant with everyday life ,so I highly recommend to learn two significant branches of psychology:
Positive Psychology :https://positivepsychology.com/harvard-positive-psychology-c... Great course taught by great teacher.
Cognitive bias:https://www.amazon.com/How-Know-What-Isnt-Fallibility/dp/002...
Modern psychology is very interesting and powerful，enjoy it！
__Meditation: the summary for technical people__
Yea I'm making this up. I'm enthusiastic about it, my username even reflects that I meditate ;)
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Introductory Level
Witty, scientific book: Search Inside Yourself - Chade-meng Tan (he used to be a software engineer, now he's trying to set up the conditions for world peace)
Take any MBCT, MBSR or 5-week or 8-week mindfulness course
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Beginner Level
Retreat practice: dhamma.org (10 days, 10 hours per day, 9 days total silence, donation based)
Sciencedaily.com: type in meditation
Also check out: Harvard Positive Psychology from Tal-Ben Shahar his lectures on meditation
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Intermediate Level
Take a course on Buddhism from a theologician with a background in science or philosophy. In The Netherlands this is at the VU University Amsterdam.
Do 2 hours of meditation per day, including mini retreats in the weekend
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Advanced Level
Choose your own adventure:
A. Travel to monestaries and learn whatever you can.
B. Become a monk at one monestary.
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The levels are arbitraty by the way, felt more fun writing that way ;) I'm a Beginner/intermediate.
To all meditators: Let's have a chat :)