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Summary: An excellent book in so many ways..
Review: This book is fabulous! It's written in a non-condisending way, very much "plain english". A fabulous step on the path to enlightenment!
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Summary: An excellent book in so many ways..
Review: This book is fabulous! It's written in a non-condisending way, very much "plain english". A fabulous step on the path to enlightenment!
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Summary: Ultimate, clear, contains simple english words.
Review: This book is really good. Text is clear. Nuts and bolts book about how to meditate. I feel good every time I think about this book. Writer is not only good meditation teacher, he is also good writer. If you don't know what to do with your mind, this book is for you.
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Summary: No strange language, direct wisdom.
Review: This book is the best I've seen in explaining what meditation is(and it's not) without any extra religious baggage.The writting style is clear and somtimes humorous. The best part is what is not in the book: eightfold path, dragons, and swords of enlighted warriors. It directly explains why to meditate, how to practice it in a correct way. If you don't have access to a dedicated meditation master (and even if you do), you need this book.
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Summary: Meditation for skeptics...
Review: This book was given to me by a friend when I first started to get interested in meditation. What I loved the most was that it doesn't get all snobby, and leads you to feel like meditation might be something for just about anyone. His descriptions of the way that thoughts cruise through your mind is just fantastic. And the idea of just watching those thoughts go by like boxcars on a train was eye-opening for me. This is a great start if you want to explore (and de-mystify) meditation.
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Summary: One to re-read, and I don't do that often...
Review: This book was given to me by a friend when I first started to get interested in meditation. What I loved the most was that it doesn't get all snobby, and leads you to feel like meditation might be something for just about anyone. His descriptions of the way that thoughts cruise through your mind is just fantastic. And the idea of just watching those thoughts go by like boxcars on a train was eye-opening for me. This is a great start if you want to explore (and de-mystify) meditation.
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Summary: Making you discover "reality" through meditation
Review: This is a very practical book about "insight". It guides you through practical methods for discovering the internal mechanisms of your mind. These mechanisms in fact are the illusions your mind tries to project to fool you about your perceptions. It explains very simply the difference between the actual perception and what your "everyday's life" perception provides you.Of course meditation is the central tool of the book but the objective is about finding the difference between what you think you're feeling and what you actually feel. The theme of the book is about making you discover the "true reality", nothing less. It might seem pedantic to state something like this but if you really understand this book you must see the world differently. If not, it means that the author has failed.
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Summary: Mindfulness in Plain English
Review: This is an excellent book for anyoned wanting to get started in meditation. It covers when to meditate, where to meditate and how to make yourself comfortable enough to accomplish the task. They also give a host of reasons for meditating. Furthermore, it covers in explicit details the processes that the mind goes through and how to work through them to a successful conclusion. The type of meditation covered is vipassana, or mindfullness. Be forwarned, this is definitely a book for beginners. If you are already into a meditation routine you probably will not find much in this book that you have not already experienced and worked through.
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Summary: How to practice insight meditation and why
Review: This is an excellent book. It is in plain English. It provides step by step, detailed instruction in how to practice insight meditation and mindfulness. This is the type of meditation that the Buddha describes in his writings. But, in addition to providing the detailed nuts and bolts the author also explains why you should meditate and what you can get out of it. The specificity of the instruction is what sets this book apart. Yes, his is not the only way to do it. But, if you are starting out new this is exactly the type of book that will provide a road map for you. As you read more, attend classes, or a sitting group you can modify your practice. But even with such this book provides much helpful and specific advice of how to do it and what to do when problems arise. Which they will. In addition, the author's explanations of the whys of meditation have a surprising depth on re-read. Surprising because of their straight forward presentation. I've found revisiting the book most helpful.
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Summary: Best
Review: This is the best book of meditation for beginners and others.
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