Review: At free cost this book is a nice beginner volume, title misleading
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 28, 2014
While this ebook was free at the time of this posting, it now shows a price of $2.99. Readers and author this book is not worth $2.99. It needs to return to free or at the most 99 cents.The beautiful color of greens with the stacked stones is a perfect choice. It really drew me in (along with the free "pricetag"). The title not so much - for even though I enjoyed the book and would recommend it as a nice introduction for a total meditation novice, it is neither Ultimate or Complete and the title gives an erroneous view of its content.At five chapters, the first two goes over what is meditation and why is it beneficial. This is probably preaching to the choir, as I already knew I wanted too and why it would benefit me. The small volume (33 pages minus title page, ad page, as counted on my tablet - typical Kindle size at standard type/font size) is well written and it does help to be reminded on the reasons why you might find meditation a useful tool to your practice or life.The first chapter gives a well written overview of a myriad of meditation techniques and areas: breathing, mantras, sense-specific, visualization, walking meditation, passage meditation, mindfulness, Zazen, Transcendental Meditation, Kundalini, Qi Gong, guided, trance-based, and heart rhythm meditation. These categories are covered very, very briefly and should only be seen as an overview - not at all complete/ultimate. Some links to additional resources so the reader could find more information would have been helpful.Chapter Three has some useful tips for the beginner on how to prepare for a meditation session. If you have already done any research on meditation most of this will be self evident.Chapter Four gives a few ideas of how to incorporate mindfulness into your everyday life and activities. While Chapter Five gives a two and a half pages of common problems you may encounter and what to do about them.Useful as an introduction to those new to meditation.Reviewed by Cinnabarys.com