Feel Better Now: Meditation
by Gary Halperin
Category: Health & Fitness

This is a guidebook on how to meditate and why meditation is beneficial. It is not preachy or new-agey nor affiliated with any religious or specific spiritual point of view. It is straight-forward and written for the mass market. The intention of this book is to teach, in a straightforward and clear way how and why to meditate. With no background or training, the reader can, after completing the book in one or two sessions, begin meditating. This book emphasizes brevity and practicality.The central point of this book is that meditation is about the practice of focusing on process and not results -- that meditation is not about achieving or performing. Many people, even regular meditators, are under the mistaken impression that to meditate correctly means to keep the mind focused on something (an anchor) or to clear the mind. In fact, the benefits of meditation come from the mindset that it is not important how long you stay focused on an anchor in between wanderings of the mind and overall during the course of a meditation. This book explains this point of view and makes very clear the relationship between how to meditate, including this mindset, and the benefits that come from meditating. The reader will learn that meditation is about practicing the focus on process without worrying about the results.