r/TheMindIlluminated is a subreddit with 55k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and pain & anger, and the community frequently discusses meditation, stage, awareness, struggling, and breath, and they frequently recommend/review guided meditations.
This is a forum for getting help with your practice of meditation as taught by Culadasa in The Mind Illuminated.
Popular Themes in r/TheMindIlluminated
#1
Advice Requests
: "How do I trust him and his technique if even he failed after practicing years of meditation"
31 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "10 years of TMI frustration"
7 posts
#3
Solution Requests
: "What energy work practice best accompanies TMI?"
2 posts
#4
Ideas
: "Energy currents -> jhana transition"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/TheMindIlluminated
#1
Meditation
: "TMI correctly predicted my future Meditation progress"
148 posts
#2
Stage
: "Questions about Stage 6"
55 posts
#3
Awareness
: "The Mind Illuminated: Does it only train attention (samatha) and not open Awareness (vipassanā)?"
44 posts
#4
Struggling
: "Reconciling TMI with Waking Up/Sam Harris around "Progress""
43 posts
#5
Breath
: "Confused about feeling the Breath in the body during Stage 5 practice"
39 posts
#6
Mindfulness
: "Concentration meditation or Mindfulness - which to go with?"
35 posts
#7
Mindfulness Practice
28 posts
#8
Off Topic
17 posts
#9
Practice
: "Combining TMI with a "letting go" approach"
14 posts
#10
Stage Progression
: "Stage Two - 'Following The Breath' Advice"
13 posts
Products Discussed in r/TheMindIlluminated
Guided Meditations
1 review
#1
Insight Timer
4.0★ from 1 review
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Last updated: June 19, 2026