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Presence & meditationbooks

Below are the best books we could find on Presence and meditation.

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Living Presence: The Sufi Path to Mindfulness and the Essential Self

With unique clarity, this book describes how presence can be developed to vastly improve our lives. Drawing on the work of the beloved Sufi poet, Rumi, as well as traditional material and personal experience, this book integrates the ancient wisdom of Sufism with the needs of contemporary life.

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Aware: The Science and Practice of Presence—The Groundbreaking Meditation Practice

This groundbreaking book from New York Times bestselling author Daniel J. Siegel, M.D., introduces readers to his pioneering, science-based meditation practice.

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Be Here

Be Here includes discussions of the Buddhist concepts of attachment, emptiness, compassion, love, and resentment and how our sense of the past and the future affect our ability to be in the present. Many Buddhist practices and meditations focus on “being in the present moment.

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Stay Woke: A Meditation Guide for the Rest of Us

If you grew up in struggle―overcoming homophobia, sexism, trauma, shame, depression, poverty, toxic masculinity, racism, or social injustice―you need a different type of meditation . . . one that doesn’t pretend the struggle doesn’t exist.

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Radical Compassion: Learning to Love Yourself and Your World with the Practice of RAIN

Tara Brach is an in-the-trenches teacher whose work counters today's ever-increasing onslaught of news, conflict, demands, and anxieties—stresses that leave us rushing around on auto-pilot and cut off from the presence and creativity that give our lives meaning.

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Don’t Hate, Meditate!: 5 Easy Practices to Get You Through the Hard Sh*t (and into the Good)

This modern guide to meditation from instructor Megan Monahan takes readers beyond empty Instagram truisms to the simple yet effective ways to “meditate their way through the bad shit and into the good shit.

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Going on Being: Buddhism and the Way of Change

The bestselling author of Going to Pieces Without Falling Apart combines a memoir of his own journey as a student of Buddhism and psychology with a powerful message about how cultivating true self-awareness and adopting a Buddhist understanding of change can free the mind.

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The Limits of Thought: Discussions Between J. Krishnamurti and David Bohm

The Limits of Thought is a series of penetrating dialogues between the great spiritual leader, J. Krishnamurti, and the renowned physicist, David Bohm.

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The Mind Is Mightier Than the Sword: Enlightening the Mind, Opening the Heart

Lama Surya Das is one of the most well-regarded Buddhist teachers and scholars in America today. His books have sold hundreds of thousands of copies and his seminars and retreats are continually in demand.

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The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down: How to Be Calm in a Busy World

Is it the world that’s busy, or is it my mind? The world moves fast, but that doesn’t mean we have to.

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