Meditation Is Not What You Think
Mindfulness and Why It Is So Important
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Welcome to a master class in mindfulness.
Jon Kabat-Zinn is regarded as "one of the finest teachers of mindfulness you'll ever encounter" (Jack Kornfield). He has been teaching the tangible benefits of meditation in the mainstream for decades. Today, millions of people around the world have taken up a formal mindfulness meditation practice as part of their everyday lives. But what is meditation anyway? And why might it be worth trying? Or nurturing further if you already have practice?
Meditation Is Not What You Think answers those questions. Originally published in 2005 as part of a larger book entitled Coming to Our Senses, it has been updated with a new foreword by the author and is even more relevant today. If you're curious as to why meditation is not for the "faint-hearted," how taking some time each day to drop into awareness can actually be a radical act of love, and why paying attention is so supremely important, consider this book an invitation to learn more - from one of the pioneers of the worldwide mindfulness movement.
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- A Guide Through the Perils and Promises of Spiritual Life
- By: Jack Kornfield
- Narrated by: Jack Kornfield
- Length: 3 hrs and 16 mins
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Jack Kornfield's A Path with Heart has been acclaimed as the most significant book yet about American Buddhism, a definitive guide to the practice of traditional mindfulness in America today. On this audio edition, Kornfield teaches the key principles of Buddhism's cherished vipassana (insight) tradition and puts them into direct service, with the unique needs of the contemporary seeker in mind.
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NOT THE BOOK
- By E Carroll on 06-07-18
By: Jack Kornfield
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The Heart of Centering Prayer
- Nondual Christianity in Theory and Practice
- By: Cynthia Bourgeault
- Narrated by: Gabra Zackman
- Length: 5 hrs and 54 mins
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Centering prayer is the path to a wonderful and radical new way of seeing the world. It is not, as is sometimes thought, simply an act of devotional piety, nor is it a Christianized form of other meditation methods. Cynthia Bourgeault here cuts through the misconceptions to show that centering prayer is in fact a pioneering development within the Christian contemplative tradition.
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A gift for the centering prayer movement
- By JThomso on 09-13-17
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The Gradual Path
- By: Miles Neale PsyD
- Narrated by: Miles Neale
- Length: 7 hrs and 52 mins
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Dr. Neale presents a seven-session audio course to immerse you in the teachings and practices of the Lam Rim - Tibetan Buddhism’s time-tested path for psychological maturity and awakening. Created as an audio companion to Dr. Neale’s book Gradual Awakening, this course brings you a guided experience in the traditional Lam Rim journey, updated with insights from science and psychotherapy to root each step in our modern experience.
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Wonderfully Inspiring Teacher
- By Mr. Mindfulness on 03-27-19
By: Miles Neale PsyD
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The Wise Heart
- A Guide to the Universal Teachings of Buddhist Psychology
- By: Jack Kornfield
- Narrated by: Jack Kornfield
- Length: 7 hrs and 22 mins
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You have within you an unlimited capacity for extraordinary love, for joy, for communion with life, and for unshakable freedom - and here is how to awaken it. In The Wise Heart, celebrated author and psychologist Jack Kornfield offers an accessible, comprehensive, and illuminating guide to the universal teachings of Buddhist psychology. He shows you how to use powerful Buddhist insights and practices to go beyond the trap of "self-improvement".
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Awesome!
- By Nik LaCroix on 05-01-15
By: Jack Kornfield
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Buddha Standard Time
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- By: Lama Surya Das
- Narrated by: Peter Berkrot
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Buddha Standard Time shares one of the great realizations of Buddhism, one that anyone can learn to apply. Buddhist wisdom teaches that the minutes and hours of our days do not simply march from future to present to past---looming, engulfing us, passing us by forever. Rather, each moment is intersected by a fourth dimension, a dimension of timelessness.
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Great mix of science and spirituality
- By Patrick K. Porter, Ph.D. on 03-22-13
By: Lama Surya Das
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The Most Important Thing, Volume 1
- Discovering Truth at the Heart of Life
- By: Adyashanti
- Narrated by: Adyashanti
- Length: 8 hrs and 29 mins
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“Question your assumptions; lean far into the unknown. Question it all.” So says Adyashanti in The Most Important Thing, Volume 1 - an invitation to look past the surface of our personal stories to discover the timeless truths within. Across eight hours of intimate talks, Adyashanti encourages you to open to the possibility of grace, embrace those aspects of life that call you to serve, and discover the innate vitality in every single moment.
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Inspires direction and clarity for deep progress
- By Anonymous User on 02-08-19
By: Adyashanti
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The Seeker's Guide
- By: Elizabeth Lesser
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Lesser
- Length: 4 hrs and 26 mins
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America has given birth to a wisdom tradition entirely its own, a spirituality that is as diverse as its people, and that respects the freedom and uniqueness of each individual. Judeo-Christian traditions and the meditation practices of Asia and India...modern science and Native American teachings...Sufism and transpersonal psychology - The New American Spirituality explores what happens when these and other traditions cohabitate our unique cultural landscape.
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Very thorough and enlightening
- By Pony on 08-30-14
By: Elizabeth Lesser
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The Way of Grace
- The Transforming Power of Ego Relaxation
- By: Miranda Macpherson, Russ Hudson - foreword
- Narrated by: Miranda Macpherson
- Length: 12 hrs and 33 mins
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Many of us struggle to truly live what we believe spiritually. What if closing that gap wasn’t about trying harder, but something quite the opposite? The Way of Grace is an invitation to let go of the need for control, release our fears, and learn to be open and undefended with what is. Using teaching stories, guided meditation, self-inquiry practices, prayer, and more, Macpherson takes us step by step through the liberating process of undoing our fixed egoic patterns as we explore the four dimensions of Grace.
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The revelations of the practices of presence and love
- By sierra mimi on 04-09-19
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The World Could Be Otherwise
- Imagination and the Bodhisattva Path
- By: Norman Fischer
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- Length: 9 hrs and 28 mins
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In frightening times, we wish the world could be otherwise. With a touch of imagination, it can be. Imagination helps us see what’s hidden, and it shape-shifts reality’s roiling twisting waves. In this inspiring reframe of a classic Buddhist teaching, Zen teacher Norman Fischer writes that the paramitas, or “six perfections” - generosity, ethical conduct, patience, joyful effort, meditation, and understanding - can help us reconfigure the world we live in.
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Master piece
- By Andrew Lenards on 02-08-20
By: Norman Fischer
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What a tremendous book!
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Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind
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In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's there are few. So begins this most beloved of all American Zen works....
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terrific book. Horrible recording.
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Living Without Stress or Fear
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A life without stress or fear may seem like an impossible dream-yet Thich Nhat Hanh has spent a lifetime proving not only is it possible, but it is also within our grasp. On Living Without Stress or Fear, this treasured Zen master shares a message of hope: that we can, through the practice of mindfulness, find freedom from the grip of emotions like anxiety, anger and despair "Suffering persists because we nourish the feelings that cause it," reveals Thich Nhat Hanh.
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Just Listen
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- Rebekah Kik
- 01-02-23
Perfect beginning any time
Jon’s voice and humor make it an easy listen. These are all things we know… but have difficulty finding the right time. But time is what matters and your brain and body are demanding your attention. Especially if you have or have had serious health issues. Don’t wait for a problem to find this as the solution.
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- RA
- 06-07-18
Very well done.
Jon Kabat-Zinn is one of the most illuminating teachers of mindfulness out there. The clarity of his teaching is truly helpful.
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- Robert Ohlemiller
- 10-13-18
Masterful presentation
I enjoyed the historical perspective as well as the gentle treatment of valuable and practical information about living a mindful existence. Quite beneficial.
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- M Fitz
- 09-13-20
I am definitely buying the book
This book is so thoughtful and insightful, the words so carefully chosen.... I must have a copy!
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- Mechelle Crosby
- 01-17-23
Perfect if you want to fall asleep
First off, whoever is reading this has a calming voice that I quite like. However, the actual content is so dry it will make you feel like banging your head against the wall. This book only exists to stroke the writer’s ego and waste the readers/listeners time.
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- Amazon Customer
- 08-04-18
liberal and political blabbering
came to learn about mediation got lectured on politics. zzzzzzzzzz. realized he is son in law of socialist zen who wrote a giant American hateing history book
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- Daniel F.
- 12-15-22
A diversion into politics
Previously a big fan of Jon Kabat-Zinn and largely enjoyed his other work, promoting it to others. Listening to this audiobook I was struck by his often-sudden and unpredictable twists and turns into politics or, perhaps more accurately, this new-world entanglement of politics with pure science (with politics being the dominant partner). There are also out of the blue and entirely out of context (given the nature of the book) beratements of others who might not share his scientific views and who may hold valid alternatives which he fails to acknowledge (a red flag). A scientist myself this seems at direct odds with everything Kabat-Zinn has offered in his previous teachings and leads me to feel yet another bright scientific mind has climbed into bed with whatever political force is robbing us of discerning and enquiring thinkers.
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