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Hurry Up and Meditate
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- Length: 4 hrs and 44 mins
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Hurry Up and Meditate has been written for people in a hurry and its message is simple: meditation will help you combat stress, cultivate happiness, enhance your performance, realise your goals and attain mastery of your mental, emotional and material destiny.
If meditation was available in capsule form, it would be the biggest-selling drug of all time. It has been scientifically proven to deliver highly effective stress relief, boost our immune systems and dramatically slow the aging process. It has also been shown to make us much happier and more effective thinkers. Given all the physical and psychological benefits, why aren't more of us doing it?
In his thought-provoking and entertaining book, David Michie explains the nuts and bolts of meditation. As a busy professional, as well as long-term meditator, he also gives a first-hand account of how to integrate this transformational practice into everyday life. Combining leading edge science with timeless wisdom, Hurry Up and Meditate provides all the motivation and tools you need to achieve greater balance, better health and a more panoramic perspective on life.
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"An ideal introductory text for anyone interested in, but slightly wary of, meditation. I only wish he'd hurried up and written it years ago." (Nigel Marsh, author of Fat, 40 and Fired).
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- James
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Great Book
I've learned so much from this book, and I have also sent this book to one of my friends who was interested in learning to meditate. I sent it to her through onebook. I hope that my friend will get as much as I have.
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- RocknChairHippie
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Brilliantly simple introduction to meditation
The music at the beginning overrides the narrator but it only lasts about four and a half minutes.
I found this book to be a wonderfully simple introduction to meditation and even one I will review again in the future.
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- Ron Doster
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One change desired
I thoroughly enjoyed the contents and the narration of this book . It would be far more useful as a meditation guide if the chapters of the book were properly divided in the audio rather than grouped together in 4 sections. The author regularly refers the listener back to a previous chapter which isn't easily accessible in the audio's present form.
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- Diane Klu…
- 10-10-17
Straight to the point.
This book reconfirmed why I need to return to my meditation practice. Thank you. 🙏🏻
I loved the narrator’s voice too. I felt like I was listening to my favourite teacher.
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- Linda
- 04-14-17
About the most approachable book on meditation I've read!
I really learned a lot and hope to put this message to practice. I've tried to read and listen to other meditation. Oils but found this one approachable. He gave so many examples and made it clear that we can be better with mindful meditation. He also made it clear that there are lots of choices. You just have to get started.
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- J-me
- 04-20-17
Very worthwhile
A delightful surprise. David Michie makes a great case for meditation. Down to earth, well written and well narrated. I'll listen to this several more times.
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- Gabriel Cersonsky
- 08-28-17
Good but I guess I wasn't interested
I found what he said about mental state more interesting than meditation. I guess I'm not ready to start yet, though when I am I will come back to this book.
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- raynino
- 04-24-17
good
interesting enough to keep my attention for a topic i am just beginning to explore
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- Jenny
- 02-26-14
Why meditate?
This book tells of the benefits of meditation, and then repeats it. Then it refers back to other chapters and sections after they have already passed. I don't think most people who pick up a book on meditation are looking to be convinced as to why they should try it, but maybe I'm wrong. Quick run down - it is good for your health. There you go. And again, meditation has been PROVEN to be good for your health.
There are brief instructions on how to start meditating, with nods to various religious traditions without trying to embody any of them. It would be easy to listen to this book at 1.5x speed and never do anything with the information, which is all I've done so far. But I know for sure I can refer back to chapter 10 when I'm ready to try.
There was some information on types of meditation, on finding a mantra, and on not giving up just because it's hard. I would have like the book to be much more about the practical information such as this.
It would probably have been better in print, when I could skim the cycle of repetition. The information itself isn't bad, but it was the depth of a pamphlet, not a book. They should never have forced the issue to try to turn it into a book. Meditation is a bit like fitness or weight loss - a discipline. It's not complicated, but you have to do it. So go do it. Maybe I will.
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- Mark
- 07-29-16
Good research on meditation's benefits
I found this book especially invaluable for one aspect: It hammers on good scientific research showing the benefits of meditation for better brain and body health. He makes a strong case that doing it every day is every bit as important as eating and sleeping well and getting enough exercise. I read a lot of meditation books and the writing in this one and the perspective is very much for beginners and not very inspirational. (The author is Aussie.) But it’s the book that got me on the cushion and kept me there. I also liked the instructions in different types of meditation, some of which I didn’t know about. Anyway, if you intellectually understand why meditation would be good but don’t actually practice it, then this will be a useful book. Grade: B+
As for the narration, it's solid.
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