Join me as I read from Part One of the book Mindfulness in Action, Making Friends with Yourself through Meditation and Everyday Awareness (2013) by Chogyam Trungpa, edited by Carolyn Rose Gimian. This is a book about meditation and how the meditative qualities of mindfulness and awareness influence our everyday lives. Part One is titled "Making Friends with Yourself" and the following chapters are included in my reading:
In our hyperconnected world, many individuals report feeling disconnected. Many have discovered that meditation offers them a down-to-earth yet immediate way to connect with themselves. This book is a book about mindfulness and its application in the context of our whole life. Meditation is a tool for developing mindfulness. It is a book for people who want to explore mindfulness through the practice of meditation and also apply meditative insight in their lives.
Part One of the book introduces the practice, connecting it with a sense of heart and with experiences of gentleness, clarity, a positive experience of aloneness, and the discovery of compassion.
Chogyam Trungpa was a meditation teacher, originally from Tibet, who in the 60s, 70s, and 80s taught in Great Britain, Canada and the U.S. He taught in a profoundly heartfelt way that still resonates today. He shows us that mindfulness and meditation are worthwhile disciplines and that they work. The practice of meditation works with us and on us, making us more available to ourselves and to others. The practice is demanding, it can be challenging, it shows us the truth of who we are, but that is all part of the beauty of human life.
Source: Editor's Preface, Mindfulness in Action (2013).
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