false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166575873m/14096.jpg 14096 16 In his follow-up to <I>Full Catastrophe Living</I>--a book in which he presented basic meditation techniques as a way of reducing stress and healing from illness--here Jon Kabat-Zinn goes much more deeply into the practice of meditation for its own sake. To Kabat-Zinn, meditation is important because it brings about a state of "mindfulness," a condition of "being" rather than "doing" during which you pay attention to the moment rather than the past, the future, or the multitudinous distractions of modern life. In brief, rather poetic chapters, he describes different meditative practices and what they can do for the practitioner. The idea that meditation is "spiritual" is often confusing to people, Kabat-Zinn writes; he prefers to think of it as what you might call a workout for your consciousness. This book makes learning meditation remarkably easy (although <I>practicing</I> it is not). But it also makes it seem infinitely appealing. <I>--Ben Kallen</I> 1276408 1994 Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life total:1087|5:374|4:435|3:220|2:47|1:11| 1087 4375 1786 168 4 1 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 16 10:53:49 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 16 11:11:43 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 27 02:39:59 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 27 02:41:37 -0700 2009 3 1 false false Sat Aug 02 16:56:15 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 02 16:59:44 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Jun 25 04:03:55 -0700 2007 Mon Jun 25 04:09:09 -0700 2007 I have become more midnful of my thoughts and actions, and the amount of time I spend daydreaming or assuming what someone or something else's reality is. Instead, I allow those thoughts to pass quickly, ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Feb 17 12:54:02 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 09 14:55:49 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 17 12:54:02 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2003 Sat Sep 29 11:47:30 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 29 11:51:53 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Jan 29 00:00:00 -0800 2000 Sun Feb 01 15:04:33 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 01 15:26:22 -0800 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false false Wed Aug 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 08 21:39:09 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 05 17:46:15 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Nov 16 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 04 11:12:38 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 16 04:16:42 -0800 2009 You don't really enjoy this book while reading it. It's more an instructional book on Meditation. And Meditation is basically just sitting and breathing. The interesting part is the meditation itself and not the reading about it. If you never experienced the power of meditation before, you wil...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Fri May 15 11:14:26 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 30 12:45:58 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon May 12 08:13:58 -0700 2008 Mon May 12 08:14:27 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Thu Jul 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 08 07:05:43 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 25 08:03:17 -0700 2009
I recommend this book to anyone trying to learn to be more mindful and accepting of the...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1992 Fri May 29 04:45:38 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 31 07:59:09 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Aug 07 00:57:59 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 16 18:20:51 -0700 2008
Anyway, it also had lots of that kind of music you might hear while getting a mass...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1995 Mon Jul 23 00:20:16 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 23 00:30:58 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 30 07:53:40 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 30 07:58:45 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 19 07:45:47 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 19 07:49:33 -0700 2009 what a mistake! a wonderful book about how to be more mindful in your life. i don't meditate, but it makes realize how i can find every day moments of meditation in the flow of my daily life.
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