Beat Stress With Meditation [electronic resource].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ozaniec, Naomi.

Series:

Teach Yourself General

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (286 p.)

Place of Publication:

London : Hodder Education, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The perfect practical guide for anyone who wants to reap the calming benefits of meditation as quickly and simply as possible.

Contents:

Cover; Book title; Contents; Meet the author; Only got a minute?; Only got five minutes?; Only got ten minutes?; Preface; Introduction; 1 Beginning: the first step; Getting ready; The spiritual path; Focused awareness: the path of concentration; Subjects for meditation; 2 Opening: the inner frontiers; East and West; The Cycle of Meditation; Meditation: the way of change; Meditation and physiology; Meditation and spirituality; The meditation journal; 3 Establishing: the integrated life; The spiritual life; Illusion and reality; Denial, deception and delusion; Mindful living; Daily awareness

4 Developing: the greater blueprintPatterns for living; The Wheel of Becoming: a monastic way; The Tree of Life: a mystical way; Unfolding the lotus: an esoteric way; The Natural Blueprint; 5 Deepening: the way of the heart; The knowing heart; Opening the heart; Finding the seed of compassion; Unlimited friendliness: the Metta Sutta; The Way of the Bodhisattva; 6 Being: the creative response; The creative mind; The breath of inspiration; Sacred art; Seeing with the mind's eye; The inner world: the mandala; A Western mandala; 7 Doing: the way of activity; The integrated life

Ecological spiritualityZen archery; The cosmic dance; The allegorical garden; Sacred shrines; 8 Changing: the flow of life; Time and tide; Flowing with daily life; Being here and now; Impermanence: the teacher; 9 Openness: the illumined mind; The light of consciousness; Koans: puzzles without solutions; Making space in the mind; The royal road; The light of insight; The light of wisdom; 10 Hearing: the power of sound; The sound of silence; Listening; The sounds of Nature; Creative sound; The sounded word; The sacred voice; 11 Growing: the paradox of selfhood; Who am I?; The mystical moment

The mystical stateModels of self; Searching for the self; No boundaries; 12 Waking: the enlightenment breakthrough; Waking up; Enlightenment: the inner light; The Buddha within; The central mystery; 13 Bodymind - the new frontier; The physical brain; The chemical brain; The emotional brain; The electrical brain; Meditation and neuroscience; The whole life - the happy life; Glossary; A; B; C; D; G; H; J; K; M; N; O; P; S; T; V; Y; Z; Notes; Taking it further; Further reading; Websites; Index; A; B; C; D; E; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-282-95716-3

9786612957161

1-4441-2455-2

OCLC:

701704477