 "WOW! Explains everything..." | 2009-11-02 |
| - Reviewed By User: A3RFIXGMIOC09M |
| I am presently divorcing a man who obviously suffers from NPD. After 12 years of marriage, this book explained everything I was experiencing but couldn't put my finger on. All the lies, the cheating and the CHARM! I am now digging much deeper to the core of all the years of deceit and manipulation...It will be a long road (it is mental abuse), but understanding that they really have no remorse, no empathy, no true emotion, has really helped me move on with my life. I no longer question myself or feel the need to defend myself to his friends or family. They see what he wants them to see. The "Mr. Wonderful" they know has presented constant BS to them about me so how can you blame them? He is so convincing that I bought every line for the last 13 years! This book is HUGE! It is freedom to finally understand what you are dealing with. Even professional counseling is limited because too many counselors are not aware of what NPD really entails. Unless you've lived with NPD, it is hard to understand. I would highly recommend this book to anyone in a rollercoaster relationship that never makes sense and causes you to question your own sanity. It is so important to realize there is nothing you can do to change them so save yourself. It takes time, it is truly painful to accept your life with them was built on a foundation of sand, but this book will help you heal. |
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| "Breathe in powerful, calm and peace" | 2009-10-05 |
| - Reviewed By User: A3GRQ2ME1M5BW7 |
| Kabat-Zinn does a wonderful job of applying meditative living to one's moment-to-moment, reality accepting life. Your personal power and clarity for your best life are not in ruminations about the past, not in fear or expectations for the future. The Divine is in the NOW. This book provides a connection to the guidance available in you (from your highest self) to experience life with all of your senses and a knowing that it is about the JOURNEY; not what you did or didn't do; not about judgement or pressure for tasks undone. It is a teaching for living without judgement and with complete acceptance of the way things ARE, NOW. RIGHT NOW. It is about honouring all of the feelings and thoughts you have and knowing that they are only thoughts and feelings. They are not who you are or who you think you should be. It is about NO SHOULDS, OUGHTS, or SHOULD HAVES. Mindfulness is not easy, at least it is not for me, but you practice as best you can and come back to it if you let your thoughts and feelings live you, instead of you recogizing them and letting them pass as the temporary works of your ego and flight or fight reactions (autonomous work of your body) that they are. The book is particulary effective when combined with a daily practice of meditation. Kabat-Zinn has several books. I highly recommend them all. This way of living has supported me out of the effects of a brain injury and a major several year depression. Make this commitment to honouring yourself and your life just as it's bud opens, just as it is it's most fragrant and extant with infinite possibility. |
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| "Incorporate mindfulness practice into your life" | 2009-09-12 |
| - Reviewed By aburrese |
"Wherever You Go There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation In Everyday Life" by Jon Kabat-Zinn is not your ordinary "how to" meditate book. Through short passages, the author helps you cultivate mindfulness, in essence, wakefulness, in one's own life.
Regardless if you are new to mediation or a longtime practitioner, I feel the passages in "Wherever You Go There You Are" will resonate within and assist you in reclaiming the richness of all of your moments.
Some of the concepts you may know, but have you really thought of them? Do you apply them? I liked that Kabat-Zinn points out that there really is no "right way" to practice, since mediation is a personal thing. However, there are practices that can assist you with getting more from your mediation. There are over 70 "Chapters" or passages in the book, and I'd recommend not reading too many at a time so that you can fully digest what the author is communicating. I believe you will get much more from the book if you not only read it, but contemplate on what the author is trying to get across. I know this helped me.
This moment is all we really have to work with, and this book helps us realize that and regain touch with ourselves in the moment of now. The suggestions and instructions in this book will help a person's meditation practice as well as help understand the purpose behind meditating in the first place. Part one explores the rational and background for taking on or deepening a personal practice of meditation. Part two explores some basic aspects of formal meditation practice. And part three explores a range of applications and perspectives on mindfulness. Many of the chapters end with explicit suggestions for incorporating aspects of both formal and informal mindfulness practice into one's life.
If you meditate, or want to meditate, this book has many useful suggestions and I'd recommend adding it to your meditation library.
Reviewed by Alain Burrese, J.D., author of Hard-Won Wisdom From the School of Hard Knocks and the dvds: Hapkido Hoshinsul, Streetfighting Essentials, Hapkido Cane, the Lock On Joint Locking Essentials series and articles including a regular column on negotiation for The Montana Lawyer. Alain Also wrote a series of articles called Lessons From The Apprentice. |
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 "The Power of Mindfulness" | 2009-08-14 |
| - Reviewed By User: A3NT60LFHG194P |
| The phrase "wherever you go, there you are" may seem silly at first thought. But as you read Jon Kabat-Zinn's thoughts on mindfulness and meditation, it becomes clear what he is talking about. We must live in the present, the "now". That means being aware of all aspects of your personal environment. Meditation is a gateway to that state of being but, the author points out, is not for everyone. Nor is there a "one size fits all" form of the practice. Yes, this is a "deep" book but well worth exploring. Highly recommended. |
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| "The beginning of a journey" | 2009-08-04 |
| - Reviewed By dr_lowbrow |
This book started me down a path -- a path I am still on -- studying Buddhist principles. It is written in a gentle voice. Kabat-Zinn shows through his language, his voice, his clarity, and his ideas that he genuinely cares about the people's well being.
This book is a place to start, but I wouldn't classify it merely as a beginner's beginning. It is useful and helpful for anyone in the early part of their journey into Eastern ideas.
The book is in three main parts with several short chapters in each part. It works well to read a chapter and then ponder it. At the end of a few chapters, Kabat-Zinn suggests exercises, though that is a poor name for them. He labels them "Try." Much better. And indicative of the care with which the book is written.
There are podcasts and videos of Kabat-Zinn speaking around the 'net. Check them out. He comes across with the same gentleness, and absolute brilliance, as he does in this book.
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