Unlearning Meditation

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Shambhala Publications, 2010 - Meditation - 211 pages
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 When we meditate, our minds often want to do something other than the meditation instructions we've been taught. When that happens repeatedly, we may feel frustrated to the point of abandoning meditation altogether. Jason Siff invites us to approach meditation in a new way, one that honors the part of us that doesn't want to do the instructions. He teaches us how to become more tolerant of intense emotions, sleepiness, compelling thoughts, fantasies—the whole array of inner experiences that are usually considered hindrances to meditation. The meditation practice he presents inUnlearning Meditation is gentle, flexible, permissive, and honest, and it's been wonderfully effective for opening up meditation for people who thought they could never meditate, as well as for injecting a renewed energy for practice into the lives of seasoned practitioners.

  

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Review: Unlearning Meditation: What to Do When the Instructions Get In the Way

User Review  - Steve Woods - Goodreads

After 7 years of fairly disciplined practice based largely on the Thervada traditions of Thailand I found that there was much in my meditation experience that seemed to run across the fairly ascetic ... Read full review

Review: Unlearning Meditation: What to Do When the Instructions Get In the Way

User Review  - Bishop Bergland - Goodreads

It's an okay book. He has a point about methods getting in the way. In many ways he reminded me of my Christian contemplation teachers who stressed the method of no method, which caused me to struggle ... Read full review

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