There’s nothing wrong with wanting happiness. There’s nothing wrong with making happiness a priority. Problems start with the definition of happiness. What’s going to do it for you? An iPad? A Big Mac after an especially long and hard day at the office? Beer and Sunday night football? Or would you prefer a deeper sense of calm, improved concentration and more connection with others?
“Real Happiness: The Power of Meditation” should come with a spoiler alert since author Sharon Salzberg, a Massachusetts/New York Buddhist and teacher of meditation for nearly four decades, assures us that daily 20-minute meditation sessions are a quiet and inconspicuous, yet powerful tool, for developing those human qualities we aspire to but don’t often practice with regular confidence.
Her new book is a gift from both her and the publisher, Workman. It’s handsome, small (6x8 inches), handsomely formatted for easy use and it includes a CD with several guided meditations that she describes in the book. And at $14.95, this book and CD are among the best book deals you’ll find, even including the sad liquidation of Borders.
If you download the CD, as I have, you can transfer the meditations to your MP3 player and listen as you meditate. Among those meditations recorded are a walking meditation, which might help you get outdoors for some fresh air as you breath mindfully in and out. (MORE)
Source: Wickedlocal.com
Read more: Book Notes: 'Real Happiness,' by Sharon Salzberg - Lincoln, MA - Lincoln Journal http://www.wickedlocal.com/lincoln/archive/x1054071738/Book-Notes-Real-Happiness-by-Sharon-Salzberg#ixzz1F4PLcV4D
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