Binding: Audio CD
Dewey Decimal Number: 158
EAN: 9781564558671
Format: Audiobook
ISBN: 1564558673
Label: Sounds True, Incorporated
Manufacturer: Sounds True, Incorporated
Number Of Items: 2
Publication Date: 2000-08-01
Publisher: Sounds True, Incorporated
Studio: Sounds True, Incorporated

Start Meditating Today with This Beginner's Guide. Have you ever thought about trying meditation, but didn't know how to get started? On Meditation for Beginners, trusted teacher Jack Kornfield uses clear language and step-by-step demonstrations to show you how simple it is to start - and stick with - a daily meditation practice. In this complete beginner's course, Jack introduces you to the "Insight" tradition of meditation. Zen monks draw from this same tradition, yet anyone can use its principles to cultivate a profound inner calm, while awakening to the truth of life. Four complete meditation exercises teach you how to work with breathing, posture, attention, forgiveness - even difficult emotions - to create tranquility and clarity in your everyday life. Now you can begin meditating today - in just the time it takes to listen to Meditation for Beginners.

Customer Rating:
Summary: Beginners Mind
Comment: Wonderul. Just as advertized beginers meditation...easy to follow and learn. Love the Author Jack K.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: the book is the best part
Comment: I just got this book with the included CD tonight. When I was looking at this item I told myself that the CD should be thought of as a 'bonus'. I'm glad I did. The book reads nicely and cuts right to the chase about how to begin meditation and build your own practice. The CD, however, is anything but soothing. This man's voice is loud and unsettling. He might as well be giving instructions on how to pull your own teeth. The silence is the best part. The book is worth it though. I looked at a lot of other texts, that basically took 200-300 plus pages to discuss meditation including history, different methods, and a little on how to begin a practice. I'm pleased overall. I just won't be using the CD that often, if ever.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: I Finally Learned to Meditate..in 5 Minutes!
Comment: I've been trying to meditate for about 20 years and found i could stay focused for about 30 seconds max. Jack's kind and soothing voice and words made it happen almost instantly..a miracle!

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Customer Rating:
Summary: "Sleep is wonderful . . . but it's different than meditation."
Comment: MEDITATION FOR BEGINNERS is a very helpful CD/book combination package. The book is slender and a bit poetical, more a staging item for the CD than anything else.

The CD features Jack Kornfeld guiding the novice meditator through a series of four meditations with breathing exercises. Not surprisingly, the majority of this disc consists of silence. The beginner will find Kornfeld's gentle reminders to "watch your breath" or "let go of that thought" very helpful, though the more experienced meditator will be able to largely disregard the occasional commentary.

This CD makes an excellent introductory presentation of the practice of Vipassana Meditation or Zazen; what is particularly helpful, especially for the practitioner sitting at home or meditating alone, is the discretely timed sittings, each ending with a chime (inkin). Thus the meditator can relax and worry not at all about the passage of time.

This is largely a pragmatic user's guide; the disc lacks any discussion of "theory" or any references to the various schools and forms of meditative practice. In sum, it's the Sounds of Silence.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Meditation for Beginners
Comment: This is a fabulous CD set, with life changing value. Anyone remotely interested in meditation or personal reflection will truly benefit from the teachings of Jack Kornfield.

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