For the ten-stage path
Your practice, mapped.
A quiet meditation journal. Sit with a soft bell, answer a few plain questions, and see which of the ten stages your practice is working on.
- No account
- No tracking
- No streaks
Sit. Check in. Let the map read itself.
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Sit
Sit with the method for your stage. A bell and one short spoken line keep the time, so your eyes can stay closed.
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Check in
Afterwards, answer a few plain questions about what actually happened. Did attention leave? Did sleep come? What was in front?
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The map reads itself
Over days, your sits place you on the ten stages. One unusual sit never moves you, in either direction.
Eyes closed, bell on cue.
A guided meditation timer that stays out of the way.
- Three movements. A preparation, the main sit and a closing, timed to the length you choose, from 5 to 60 minutes.
- Soft bells, few words. One spoken line at each change, then quiet.
- A sound to sit in. Rain, a stream, the ocean or a hearth, low under the sit.
- Tap when you notice. Anywhere on the screen. Each notice is the practice.
- Locked phone, still on time. The bells ring with the screen off.
Say what happened.
Then see what led the sit, and what to try next.
- Plain questions. About what actually happened, not how good it felt. The questions follow your stage.
- Every sit, named. Forgetting, mind-wandering, dullness or distraction, with one line on what the next sit should do.
- Bring one sentence. Write what you will carry into the next sit. It waits for you on Today.
- No scores. Nothing to win. A hard sit is information, not a failure.
Know your stage.
Read from many sits. One unusual sit never moves you.
Your working stage is the earliest stage whose obstacle still leads a real share of your recent sits. From Stage 5, Noticed asks you to check its reading with a teacher, because those signs are hard to judge in yourself.
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Show up
Show up, on a schedule you can keep.
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Notice the leaving
Shorten mind-wandering by enjoying the moment you notice it.
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Catch the breath
Overcome forgetting and dozing off.
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Keep it in front
Keep the breath primary, and stay awake.
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Brighten the sit
Catch the dullness that feels like a good sit.
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Quiet the background
Let subtle distractions fade.
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Ease the effort
Find stability that does not depend on pushing.
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Let the senses settle
Let a quieter body and meditative joy arrive on their own.
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Let joy soften
Let joy mature into tranquility.
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Carry it with you
Let those qualities last after you get up.
Weeks of sits, kept.
Every sit on a calendar, and what led each week.
- A calendar of practice. Each day you sat, marked in ink.
- Strata. A column per week, showing which obstacles led, with the first ones at the bottom.
- Reviews. A mindful review of the day, a weekly review, and a four-week note you can share with a teacher.
Read what fits today.
The book stays the teacher.
- Short lessons for your stage, each a minute long, each pointing to the matching section of the book.
- Take it to the cushion. Every lesson ends with one thing to try in the next sit.
- Your own copy. Add the PDF of the book you own and Noticed opens the right section. It never leaves your phone.
Kept on your phone.
What you notice on the cushion is yours. Noticed is built so it stays that way.
No account.
Nothing to sign up for, nothing to sign in to.
No analytics.
No tracking, no ads, no network requests of its own.
No streaks, no scores.
A missed day is not a failure. The practice is the point.
Backups are files you keep.
Move to a new phone with a file you control. Erase everything in one step.
Questions, answered.
- What
- A meditation journal and bell timer
- For
- The ten-stage path of The Mind Illuminated
- Runs on
- iPhone and Android phones
- Account
- None
- Data collected
- None. Everything stays on the phone
- Language
- English
- Made by
- Noticed, support@noticedmind.app
- Updated
What is Noticed?
Noticed is a meditation journal and bell timer for the ten-stage path described in The Mind Illuminated. You sit with a guided timer, answer a few plain questions about what happened, and the app reads which stage your practice is working on from many sits.
Is Noticed affiliated with The Mind Illuminated?
No. Noticed is an independent companion app. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by the authors or publishers of The Mind Illuminated, and it contains no text from the book.
Do I need the book?
No, but Noticed is made to be used alongside it. Each stage and lesson names the matching section of the book. If you own the book as a PDF, you can add it and the app opens the matching section. The file stays on your phone.
How does Noticed decide which stage I am on?
From your check-ins. Each check-in names what led the sit, such as forgetting, mind-wandering, dullness or distraction. Your working stage is the earliest stage whose obstacle still leads at least a quarter of your last ten sits, and at least two of them, so one unusual sit never moves you. From Stage 5 on, the app suggests checking the reading with a teacher.
Does Noticed collect my data?
No. There is no account, no sign-in, no analytics and no advertising, and the app makes no network requests of its own. Your sits stay on your phone. A backup is a file you make and keep yourself. Privacy policy.
What does the meditation timer do?
A sit has a preparation, the main sit and a closing. Soft bells and one short spoken line mark each change, so your eyes can stay closed. You choose the length, from 5 to 60 minutes, and an optional background sound. You can tap anywhere to mark each moment you notice the mind has wandered.
How do I move my sits to a new phone?
On the old phone, open Settings and choose Back up your sits, then save the file. On the new phone, choose Restore from a backup and pick that file.
Is Noticed medical or mental-health care?
No. Noticed supports meditation practice. It is not medical or mental-health care. If practice ever feels destabilising, slow down and talk with a person who can be with you. If you are in crisis, contact local emergency services or find a helpline.
Sit today. Notice more.
Noticed is coming to the App Store and Google Play.