Just Meditation

What is meditation? How do you do it? Why is it necessary?

Sometimes we just need to stop, take time out, put things into perspective and regain our sense of balance. Sometimes we just need to do nothing, and instead simply be. 

This has always been the case. But now it would seem to be more important than ever. 

And that's where meditation comes in.

Meditation teaches us calmness, clarity, and compassion. It is about the cultivation of awareness, and learning to see things the way they are rather than as we think they should or shouldn't be.

More than just a how to manual, this is, above all, a book about why meditation matters.

Introduction

PART I

Getting Started

Common (Mis)Understandings

The Mindfulness Movement

Mindfulness in Buddhism

Just Meditation

Attention and Awareness

A Simple Practice

PART II

We are a Body

The Breath of Life

Whose Mind is it Anyway

Thoughts

Self Knowledge

Attachment

Detachment

PART III

A Problem to Solve

Peace and Power

Discipline

What Really Matters

The Search for Meaning

Awareness

And Finally, Silence

Epilogue

Glossary

About the Author

About Just Meditation