Thoughts are not the enemy

an innovative approach to meditation practice
Jason Siff
Book - 2014

"A revolutionary new approach to meditation: a mindfulness of thinking that accepts and investigates the thoughts that arise as you meditate--from the author of Unlearning Meditation. In most forms of meditation, the meditator is instructed to let go of thoughts as they arise. As a result, thinking is often taken, unnecessarily, to be something misguided or evil. This approach is misguided, says Jason Siff. In fact, if we allow thoughts to arise and become mindful of the thoughts themselves, we gain tranquillity and insight just as in other methods without having to reject our natural mental processes. And by observing the thoughts themselves with mindfulness and curiosity, we can learn a good deal about ourselves in the process"--

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Main Author: Siff, Jason
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : Shambhala, 2014.
Edition:First edition.
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 204-207) and index. 
505 0 |a Thoughts Are Not the Enemy -- Meditating with Thoughts and Emotions -- Talking about Meditation Sittings -- Six Common Ways to Become Aware of Thoughts -- Meeting Your Thoughts as a Resting Place -- The Multilinear Present Moment -- Going into the Future and the Past -- Higher Values in Meditation -- A Theory of Awareness -- Exploring Transformative Conceptualization -- Maturation of the Meditative Process. 
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