Everyday Mindfulness

There is a lot of mumbo jumbo, so I highlight the most salient parts which decrease in number as the book goes on.Still, it is the most useful book I have ever read, and I learn many new things whenever I start reading it again.

I am reading The Power of Now for the fifth time, so I am looking forward to reading another perspective. Thank you for the recommendations.

Makes total sense. Thanks, Jon.

In Eckhart Tolle's book The Power of Now, he advises against judging our unskillful thoughts as they arise. I can see how this would be beneficial when meditating. But when not meditating, of course, we shouldn't beat ourselves up, but shouldn't we at least acknowledge that the thought was unskillfu...

Thanks, Tubster. I tend to start worrying if I cant get in two hours per day, but I need to focus more on mindfulness off the cushion, as I think being mindful throughout the day without meditation is more beneficial than meditating for two hours, then being lost in thought for the rest of the day.

Got it. I have learned more from you guys than the 5-6 books I have read on the subject. Thanks again.

Ok, so he probably means that the benefits of meditation come as feelings which are impossible to articulate unless one experiences them for him or herself?

I am not sure what you mean by that it is not done in the heart and not head, would you mind explaining?

That is a good point., thank you. And thanks to Jon as well for clearing things up for me. If the study were performed on those who practiced meditation, I am sure Dan Gilbert would find that there was not decreased happiness in those who think about neutral topics. By the way, I think I will print ...

Up to this point, I have been thinking that having thoughts on neutral or pleasant subjects is conducive to unhappiness. This is due to a study that Dan Gilbert conducted and wrote an article on called, "A Wandering Mind is an Unhappy Mind." An excerpt: "Although people’s minds were m...