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Peter
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Sat Nov 25, 2017 10:46 pm  

In a nutshell: The Mindfulness teaching is about formal and informal exercises. Tolle's books are not. I wouldn't recommend Tolle's books to 'beginners'.

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Gareth
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Tue Nov 28, 2017 11:10 am  

Personally, I didn't enjoy 'The Power of Now'. I am a very rational kind of person, and I thought that this had a distinct whiff of mubo-jumbo.

Xaric
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Tue Nov 28, 2017 11:10 pm  

Gareth wrote:Personally, I didn't enjoy 'The Power of Now'. I am a very rational kind of person, and I thought that this had a distinct whiff of mubo-jumbo.


Could you please recommend any books on mindfulness?

I am an intermediate and I didn't quite love The Power of Now. I also tried to read Full Catastrophe Living but found it quite boring.

Thank you in advance!

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Gareth
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Wed Nov 29, 2017 11:01 am  

I'll leave it to Jon for the recommendations. He's far more well-read than I am.

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Peter
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Fri Dec 01, 2017 8:49 pm  

@Xaric, I found 'Mindfulness for Dummies'
by Shamash Alidina a great book.

In defense of Eckhart Tolle, I found his books truly very profound. I'm also a very rational person, but I could recognize almost everything he describes in myself and others. It was 99% truth for me, and the other 1% were Bible references that added nothing in my opinion. I especially liked 'a new earth'.

Xaric
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Sun Dec 03, 2017 1:37 pm  

@Peter

I will give "A New Earth" a try!

Thank you for your recommendation!

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Peter
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Sun Dec 03, 2017 2:15 pm  

OK, but know that it is not a mindfulness book. You have to be ready for it, so to speak.

Maybe you'd better start with: 'Mindfulness for Dummies'

Xaric
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Sun Dec 03, 2017 4:49 pm  

@Peter

I'll find that out... I mean if I am ready :P

I will let you know about my first impressions!

Thanks again!

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