The Meditator's Workbook A Journey to the Center
by Flickstein, Matthew; Gunaratana, Bhante HenepolaFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2009-06-30
Publisher(s): Wisdom Publications
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Summary
Through hands-on exercises, journal entries, guided meditations, and lively vignettes, The Meditator's Workbook will help you:
Author Biography
Matthew Flickstein is a psychotherapist, meditation teacher, and the founder of The Forest Way Insight Meditation Center in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. In more than twenty years of leading personal development workshops, he has trained almost 15,000 people across the US, including other teachers.
Bhante Gunaratana was ordained at the age of twelve as a Buddhist monk in Sri Lanka, earned his PhD in philosophy from The American University, and has led meditation retreats, taught Buddhism, and lectured widely throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, and Australia. Bhante Henepola Gunaratana is the president of the Bhavana Society in High View, West Virginia, where he lives.
Bhante Gunaratana was ordained at the age of twelve as a Buddhist monk in Sri Lanka, earned his PhD in philosophy from The American University, and has led meditation retreats, taught Buddhism, and lectured widely throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, and Australia. Bhante Henepola Gunaratana is the president of the Bhavana Society in High View, West Virginia, where he lives.
Table of Contents
| Foreword | p. XI |
| Acknowledgments | p. XIII |
| Introduction | |
| The Goal of the Journey | p. 2 |
| Stages of the Journey | p. 4 |
| Navigating Obstacles | p. 6 |
| Meditation: Calming the Mind | p. 12 |
| Searching for the OX | |
| Insights: Happiness Versus Inner Peace | p. 15 |
| Obstacles: Gratification and Resistance | p. 16 |
| Path: Reviewing Our Lives | p. 16 |
| Exercise: Tracing a Path Through Life | p. 17 |
| Exercise: Identifying Symptoms of Stress | p. 20 |
| Discovering the Footprints | |
| Insights: True Power Comes from Within | p. 25 |
| Obstacles: Missing the Obvious | p. 27 |
| Path: The Power of Images | p. 28 |
| Exercise: Recognizing Unachieved Goals | p. 31 |
| Perceiving the OX | |
| Insights: We Can Reprogram Our Minds | p. 33 |
| Obstacles: Self-Blame | p. 34 |
| Path: Uncovering Our Shadow Self | p. 34 |
| Exercise: Illuminating Shadows | p. 40 |
| Exercise: Attaining Goals | p. 48 |
| Catching the OX | |
| Insights: The Unresolved Past | p. 55 |
| Obstacles: The Temporary Relief of Bypassing | p. 57 |
| Path: Resolving Our Open Issues | p. 59 |
| Meditation: Working with Distractions | p. 61 |
| Exercise: Expressing Forgiveness | p. 68 |
| Exercise: Resolving Grief | p. 80 |
| Exercise: Settling Conflicts | p. 90 |
| Exercise: Confronting Fears | p. 97 |
| Taming the OX | |
| Insights: Becoming Aware | p. 103 |
| Obstacles: Perceptual Distortions | p. 104 |
| Path: Gaining Perspective | p. 105 |
| Exercise: Discovering the Source of all Stress | p. 107 |
| Exercise: Encountering Perceptions | p. 112 |
| Meditation: Developing Awareness of Habits | p. 121 |
| Meditation: Walking Meditation Instructions | p. 130 |
| Exercise: Cultivating Clear Comprehension | p. 146 |
| Riding the OX Home | |
| Insights: Here and Now | p. 151 |
| Obstacles: Knowledge Versus Knowing | p. 151 |
| Path: Living in the Moment | p. 152 |
| Exercise: Exposing Illusions About Time | p. 153 |
| Exercise: Exposing Illusions About Space | p. 156 |
| Exercise: Expanding Mindfulness | p. 159 |
| The OX Transcended | |
| Insights: Cause and Effect | p. 163 |
| Obstacles: Slow Progress | p. 164 |
| Path: Right Effort | p. 165 |
| Exercise: Developing Lovingkindness | p. 169 |
| Both OX and Self Transcended | |
| Insights: Selflessness | p. 179 |
| Obstacles: Dualistic Thinking | p. 179 |
| Path: Moving Beyond Mind Traps | p. 181 |
| Exercise: Examining Problems | p. 185 |
| Exercise: Exploring Self-Definitions | p. 188 |
| Reaching the Source | |
| Insights: Freedom | p. 195 |
| Obstacles: Subtler Identifications | p. 196 |
| Path: Advanced Instructions | p. 198 |
| Meditation: Removing Subtle Obstacles | p. 199 |
| In the World | |
| Insights: Living an Enlightened Life | p. 205 |
| Obstacles: Teaching Through Words | p. 206 |
| Path: Living Life as a Teaching | p. 207 |
| Exercise: Living Life as a Teaching | p. 209 |
| Conclusion | p. 213 |
| Suggested Readings | p. 215 |
| Index | p. 217 |
| About the Author | p. 227 |
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