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u/kelhamisland · 5 pointsr/Meditation
u/jemne_perliva · 4 pointsr/Nootropics

I started with the recommended books on the right side in /r/meditation.

Mindfulness in Plain English - Vipassana for begginers. I tried it for a bit.

Then I did the "Just the simplified version, please" from FAQ and stayed with it for a couple months.

And somewhere along the line some redditor recommended Search Inside Yourself by Chade-Meng Tan. Basically, it's a book written by an engineer from Google. It has lots of comparisons to computer science so it's fun and easy to read. It includes lots of easy and practical exercises to keep you motivated. It really helped me with my meditation practice. I finally understood how to breathe, how to use mindfulness in everyday situations etc. It's based on MBSR.

And what sold the book for me is the lack of all that esoteric stuff the other books have. It's grounded in science. There is no talking about salvation or revelation. Just hard facts and how to use them for your own benefit.

u/tinybird · 3 pointsr/Meditation

The author of the article, Chade-Meng Tan, who works for Google, also has a book out. I've read it and liked it a lot. I passed it on to my boss after I read it. http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0062116924?pc_redir=1395259554&robot_redir=1

u/MyronMGaines · 3 pointsr/steroids

Just being aware of your own emotions is often enough to defuse them. This book is a little hokey, but you might benefit from the general concept: teaching yourself awareness of your emotions.

u/drippyhippie · 3 pointsr/yoga

I love this book for understanding the physical practice
http://www.amazon.com/The-Key-Poses-Yoga-Scientific/dp/1607432390/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1396563465&sr=8-2&keywords=yoga+pose+books

For the ethical/discipline base of yoga, this is a short, easy, and really helpful read. Non-harming, non-clinging, etc.

http://www.amazon.com/Yamas-Niyamas-Exploring-Ethical-Practice/dp/0974470643/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1396563657&sr=1-1&keywords=the+yamas+and+niyamas+by+deborah+adele

For the pure philosophy, I'm a fan of this book on Tantra(where yoga came from). It's overwhelming the first time through, but there is so much powerful knowledge locked up in here
http://www.amazon.com/Tantra-Illuminated-Philosophy-Practice-Tradition/dp/0989761304

This is a great book on mindfullness with some applicable meditation techniques framed for the modern day, but it's all based on ancient teachings

http://www.amazon.com/Search-Inside-Yourself-Unexpected-Achieving/dp/0062116924/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1396563508&sr=8-1&keywords=search+inside+yourself

Also, the Chakra system is fascinating and Anodea Judith offers some guided meditations. This book is really helpful and accessible

http://www.amazon.com/Wheels-Life-Chakra-System-Llewellyns/dp/0875423205

And, diet. This book helped me shift my diet in a way that's been extremely helpful
http://www.amazon.com/Eat-Taste-Heal-Ayurvedic-Cookbook-Modern-Living/dp/0976917009/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1396563932&sr=1-1&keywords=eat+taste+heal

These have been some of the most influential books in my practice. Hope they help!

u/damaged_but_whole · 3 pointsr/Buddhism

I had this problem, but it eventually wore itself out, but not until I has some genuine understanding of what it was I really had come to believe. Now, I mostly practice and don't think much about all the abstract stuff. And I don't get attached too much to apparent revelations when they present themselves anymore, either. The fact is, until you reach the point where you know for sure, it just doesn't matter all that much. Learning how to exist without struggle in everyday life is what matters and practice is what helps this. Practice also spontaneously causes revelations and a base state of happiness. As Google author Chade Meng Tan said in Search Inside Yourself, the natural state of your mind is happy by default.

I overheard a real NY Italian mafia-type guy the other day talking about religion and he said he doesn't bother with Church and he's not sure about God and he doesn't really care if there is or isn't. "What difference does it make?" he said, "Whether God's real or not real, I'll never know because He's certainly not going to tell me." But, he said he's a very religious person because, "when you talk to God, what are you doing? You're really talking to yourself." And he went on to explain that he does a lot of work with kids and charity work, etc. because that's what makes him feel good and by feeling good, he knows that what he's doing is right for him. Other people don't matter. What they believe doesn't matter. He went on for quite a while like this and it made me think about mystical traditions and how they differ from the exoteric religions. All the exoteric ones, really, you pray to an external deity for help. All the mystical ones recognize that at least some aspect of that deity is within you, which is why you have to work for it: the amount of effort you put into it reflects what you get out of it. This is in many different mystical/esoteric/occult traditions; some believe the deities really exist, other times you invent these entities from whole cloth, knowing that belief and effort are the keys to getting a result from your prayers / magical working / meditation / whatever.

I think that a lot of the general ideas about how reality works have been explained to death from various points of view and you can spend years trying to figure out which paradigm you really believe. It can be a real waste of time. The reality we know is right in front of our faces, so we can analyze that and interact with that and not worry so much about what we can't know. How are you ever going to know the Truth with a capital T until you experience it yourself? How will you ever experience it through thinking, writing and reading? You can only experience it by letting go of concepts and letting experiences happen, learning from those experiences, but letting go of that, too, because the reality is always going to be bigger than your current set of concepts... until you finally reach that point where you really KNOW, if you ever do.

So, I like what the Italian guy said. You have to do what feels right to you and not worry about other people and their ideas. There really is no god but man and no philosophy that is divine as far as we'll ever know, so you have to steer your own ship and be true to yourself. You can't be true to yourself if you're always looking for some philosophy to tell you what to do. If you find a philosophy that resonates with you, then that's great.

Read Meng's book and just try to be mindful for a while with mindfulness meditation practices.

u/reorder_ · 2 pointsr/socialanxiety

Mindful mediation can help get you get back to a period of calm, at least for a short while. Search Inside Yourself is a pretty good book on the subject. If you are short on money, you can get the gist of the book just by googling "mindful mediation". Basically, just sit down, relax, and focus on your breathing. Don't try to avoid or stop any emotions that arise, just let them run through you. After a while, you become really relaxed. Of course, this isn't an end all solution, but it definitely helps.

u/Franks2000inchTV · 2 pointsr/stopdrinking

There's a great book coming out on April 24th called Search inside Yourself. It's by Chade-meng Tan from google, and it's distilled from Google's mindfulness meditation program that they teah to their employees.

Full disclosure: Meng is one of the investors in my company, but even if he wasn't I'd still recommend the book.

http://www.amazon.com/Search-Inside-Yourself-Unexpected-Achieving/dp/0062116924

I got started with meditation by attending a beginner's meditation course at my local zen temple. If you can do that, it's also a great way to get started.

Meditation is surprisingly simple, and you don't need to sit in the lotus position to do it. You can meditate anytime, anywhere! It's really just about concentrating on your breath.

There are also a number of apps on the market that will teach you meditation. Headspace and Buddhify are the two with the best design.

u/[deleted] · 2 pointsr/Meditation

If you're an engineering-type like me, you might enjoy "Search Inside Yourself" by Chade-Meng Tan. He does a great job of approaching meditation from a scientific point of view, that really connects with me.

u/YoungOldMan · 1 pointr/Meditation

From way down deep in the article:

> ... practical training in mindfulness [that] teaches the basics of meditation.

And you can buy the book:

Search Inside Yourself: The Unexpected Path to Achieving Success, Happiness (and World Peace).

u/hnag409 · 1 pointr/Meditation
u/theMrDomino · 1 pointr/Meditation
u/jtcchan · 1 pointr/productivity

THIS!

http://www.amazon.com/Search-Inside-Yourself-Unexpected-Achieving/dp/0062116924

This book is fantastic. It's written by a Google engineer who did a fantastic job on introducing other engineers (!) to meditation and how it improves their daily lives.

u/PoisonPeel · 1 pointr/ADHD

i started with search inside yourself by Chade-Meng Tan.

http://www.amazon.com/Search-Inside-Yourself-Unexpected-Achieving/dp/0062116924