The Meditative Path: A Gentle Way to Awareness, Concentration, and SerenityQuest Books, 15 août 2013 - 287 pages Once, the Mula Nasruden was searching the ground under a street lamp. "Can I help?" asked a friend. "I lost my key in the house," said Nasruden. "But then why look out here?" "Because the light is better in the street," came the reply. Nasruden is a great fool in Middle Eastern folklore. Only by turning on the light inside his house -- his inner psyche --will he find the key. John Cianciosi shows us how to do just that. Directly from the heart, this practical, nonreligious book guides the reader of any faith to reduce stress, increase health, and achieve inner peace. It clearly explains the meditative process and offers very simple exercises to balance theory and practice. Each chapter includes Q&A sections based on the average reader's experience and crafted from the author's twenty-four years of teaching, first as a Buddhist monk and now in lay life. Of all primers on meditation, this one excels in showing how to slow down life in the fast lane. |
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... gently takes you to deeper levels of understanding and experience of meditation . Having read the text in each chapter , I greatly encourage you to practice the recommended meditation exercises , as they will xviii PREFACE.
... gently takes you to deeper levels of understanding and experience of meditation . Having read the text in each chapter , I greatly encourage you to practice the recommended meditation exercises , as they will xviii PREFACE.
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... levels of concentration can develop psychic powers and supernormal abilities . Be that as it may , it is certainly beyond the scope of this book and , more importantly , unlikely to have any practical rele- vance to our own experience ...
... levels of concentration can develop psychic powers and supernormal abilities . Be that as it may , it is certainly beyond the scope of this book and , more importantly , unlikely to have any practical rele- vance to our own experience ...
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... levels of meditation . As you might expect , even Mindfulness of Breathing is taught and practiced in different ways . Some teachers encour- age students to focus attention at the tip of the nose and to know the flow of the breath by ...
... levels of meditation . As you might expect , even Mindfulness of Breathing is taught and practiced in different ways . Some teachers encour- age students to focus attention at the tip of the nose and to know the flow of the breath by ...
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... levels of meditation. Sometimes the experience can be like taking one step forward and two steps back. Obviously the meditation will be greatly affected by your mental and emotional moods as well as the physical state of the body. For ...
... levels of meditation. Sometimes the experience can be like taking one step forward and two steps back. Obviously the meditation will be greatly affected by your mental and emotional moods as well as the physical state of the body. For ...
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... level of attention on the breath . Having already taken a few steps on the journey of intro- spection and mental cultivation , you may have realized that understanding the theory of meditation is not the same as being able to do it ...
... level of attention on the breath . Having already taken a few steps on the journey of intro- spection and mental cultivation , you may have realized that understanding the theory of meditation is not the same as being able to do it ...
Table des matières
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DEALING WITH THE HINDRANCES | 79 |
AWARENESS LEADS THE | 85 |
QUESTION TIME | 100 |
THE WALKING PATH | 107 |
QUESTION TIME | 144 |
EXPLORING THE SIX FIELDS | 155 |
WORKING WITH PAIN | 163 |
STANDING LIKE A MOUNTAIN | 179 |
CHANGING ANGER | 185 |
LOVING KINDNESS MEDITATION | 210 |
WHO AM I? | 239 |
A DAY FOR MEDITATION | 259 |
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