Book Description
Award-winning guide shares a safe, simple, way to try meditation--and then explore its cosmic potential. Covers fundamentals of posture, breathing, mental techniques, and more. With four guided visualizations.


Excerpted from Meditation for Starters by Donald Walters. Copyright © 1996. Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved
What is Meditation ...The essential attitude for correct meditation is one of listening. The difference between prayer and meditation is that in prayer we talk to God, whereas in meditation we listen for His answer. In meditation, the mind must be kept receptive. You can't think your way into deep meditation. Nor, indeed, can you think your way into deep insights and inspirations. You can only receive wisdom: You cannot concoct it. A truth must be perceived, in that calm awareness which is superconsciousness. Meditation, then, is not creating answers: It is perceiving, or receiving them. And this is the secret of creativity. Meditation is listening. The mind must suspend it's normal activity of analyzing, of weighing alternatives, and of generally "talking" so much that one cannot hear melodies that the superconscious is playing to it. Meditation is a process of returning to your own center. It is learning to relate to life and to your environment from who you are, and not from the way other people try to define you.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

An insightful introduction to the art and science of meditation by a renowned expert. A talk and instruction is followed by a guided visualization set to relaxing music and accompanied by inspiring natural images.

SYNOPSIS

Modern medicine is touting the benefits of meditation. Doctors are prescribing it for a variety of stress-related diseases. Meditation brings balance into our lives, providing an oasis of profound rest and renewal. In Meditation for Starters, J. Donald Walters offers simple but powerful guidelines for attaining inner peace. Just a few of the techniques you'll learn include:

* Preparing the body and mind for meditation
* Physical, mental and psychological relaxation
* Breathing techniques
* Ways to focus, concentrate, and "let go"
* Developing superconscious awareness
* Sharpening your concentration and willpower
* Increasing your intuition, developing calmness
* Powerful visualizations

This is a book for long-time meditators as well as beginners. It is also "for starters" in the secondary sense that all of life's activities are enhanced if they are started with meditation.