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How often do we have no time for reflection? Or little time to care
for others, or even ourselves? Adrift in our lives, we are pulled
further and further away from a sense of who we are. Paramananda
speaks directly to our hearts about what is truly important to us,
whether we are making a cup of tea or sitting at the bedside of a
dying friend. Using simple exercises, reflections and meditations,
we can awaken to the magic of being fully present in each moment of
our day-to-day activities. Paramananda draws on his experience as a
hospice worker and his many years as a Buddhist meditation teacher
in both an imaginative and down-to-earth way. He offers us courage,
kindness and joy in our search for meaning.
The body is the focus of the book. This is something of a new
departure in meditation as the body is often given a degree of
attention but not the degree and depth that Paramananda offers.
Body work: focussing, body therapies, yoga etc are growing fields
which often have a cross over interest in meditation. This book
would be particularly suitable for these markets. Paramananda is an
experienced, accessible and popular teacher (and has sold over
55,000 copies of "Practical Guide"). It will appeal to broader
yoga, relaxation and stress reduction fields in addition to the
more traditionally Buddhist and spiritual markets.
Without You There takes a look at the Zen of Unity and presents the
author's unique perspective. By avoiding conceptual traps and,
therefore, lessening the time it takes to live in full realization,
Paramananda offers the reader a way to resonate with their own
authority.
From his three decades of teaching Buddhist meditation, Paramananda
offers an approach that is a challenge both to the way we
experience ourselves, and the way in which we see and `be' in the
world. He contends that the historical Buddha offered not a panacea
for the ills of his time but rather a radical alternative way of
living in the world, still as valid today as it was 2500 years ago.
At the very heart of this radical vision is the art of meditation.
Engaging in this art is what Paramananda outlines in The Myth of
Meditation. Enlivened by his love of both the natural world and
poetry, he guides us in a threefold process: grounding meditative
experience in the body, turning towards experience in a kindly and
intelligent way, and seeing through to another way of understanding
and being in the world.
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