Many misunderstand meditation as an ethereal state only achieved by the likes of monks and yoga experts. But its power is available to everyone, if they know how to tap into it. For those who have been curious, fascinated, or intimidated by the practice of meditation, Meditation 24/7 is the perfect guide for mastering practical techniques for getting the most out of your daily walk through life. Just imagine... Eating a simple meal and taking great delight in each bite. Lying down and relaxing so deeply that in a few minutes you are rested and ready for action. Walking and feeling the simple joy of movement as you stride along. Drinking your morning beverage with intense pleasure, as if it were an elixir of life. Rich moments like these slip past people every day because they're too distracted, fatigued, or stressed-out to notice or enjoy them. This book and CD ensemble gives you the easy-to-follow practices that will enable anyone to tap the full enjoyment from moments in time that too often flash by without being fully appreciated. With patented, easy-to-follow techniques such as "Fill Your Cup," "Wait Up," and "Groom and Zoom," Meditation 24/7 offers readers of all generations the chance for profound physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual enhancement.

This book explores contemporary practices within the new institution of international meditation centers in Thailand. It discusses the development of the lay vipassana meditation movement in Thailand and relates Thai Buddhism to contemporary processes of commodification and globalisation. Through an examination of how meditation centers are promoted internationally, the author considers how Thai Buddhism is translated for and embodied within international tourists who participate in meditation retreats in Thailand. Shedding new light on the decontextualization of religious practices, and raising new questions concerning tourism and religion, this book focuses on the nature of cultural exchange, spiritual tourism, and religious choice in modernity. With an aim of reframing questions of religious modernity, each chapter offers a new perspective on the phenomenon of spiritual seeking in Thailand. Offering an analysis of why meditation practices appeal to non-Buddhists, this book contends that religions do not travel as whole entities but instead that partial elements resonate with different cultures, and are appropriated over time.

RELATIONSHIPS ARE EVERYTHING Few things promise greater happiness than our relationships - yet few things cause us more anxiety and stress. Happy Relationships delivers an expert programme that returns joy to any troubled relationship in your life, be it with a partner, colleague or loved one. Sam Owen, acclaimed life coach and speaker, calmly guides us through effective strategies for overcoming issues in our relationships, from the trigger points to the joyous moments. She offers solutions and practical advice on: How to establish a solid friendship foundation How to communicate well How to nurture a close bond How to nourish your well-being and self-worth How to change bad relationship habits into good ones How to solve your relationship problems From arguments to intimacy, self-care to communication, this engaging and practical guide will ensure you only surround yourself with happy, healthy relationships. In just four weeks your relationship can be in a much better place. Sam Owen's Happy Relationships has featured in/on: Cosmopolitan Grazia Women's Health Boots Weekend (Guardian) The Telegraph Magazine Simply You BBC Radio Scotland BBC Asian Network BBC Radio Manchester TEDx

We know about 3D technology, 3D imagery, and 3D movies; what about God's Word in 3D? God's Word in 3D is a practical book on the nature and operations of God's Word. Drawing on captivating stories, powerful testimonies, scriptural analogies, and scientific information, God's Word in 3D comes alive with suspense, freshness, and originality. In this book, you will learn about: - The many-sided nature of God and His Word - How to effectively apply God's Word to everyday life - Unlocking the power of God's Word for Godliness and success If you read and act on the message of this book, your life will turn around for good and forever; not suddenly but certainly; not in a moment, but in one small moment at a time. Welcome to a discovery of the diverse dimensions of the Divine Word.

It will primarily be of interest to those that study Buddhism at a post-graduate level - extracts from the book are already being used as teaching material for an MA in Religious Studies Fills the gap for a textbook in Early Buddhism - which is taught in American universities Of interest to the growing market of educated Buddhists who want to read around the subject First anthology to explore all meditation objects in early Buddhism Features new translations of actual texts, not merely commentaries

Originally published: London: Godsfield Press, 2005.

Selfless Minds offers a new interpretation of no-self metaphysics in Vasubandhu's Abhidharmakosa-Bhasya. Monima Chadha reads Vasubandhu as defending not only eliminativism about self but also about persons, and illusionism about the sense of self and all kinds of self-representation. This radical no-self thesis presents several challenges for Abhidharma Buddhist philosophy of mind. Even if we then grant that there is no self, we are left with deeper questions about the sense of self or self-representations implicated in our ordinary everyday experience and thought about the world and ourselves. And if we grant that there are no persons, questions remain about the status of our person-related concerns and interpersonal practices. Selfless Minds answers these questions on behalf of the Abhidharma Buddhist. The first part of the book defends the hypothesis that we can salvage much of our experience and thought without implicating self-representations. The second part of the book examines the revisionary implications of the no-person metaphysics. Some of these seem unpalatable, if not downright absurd. This, she argues, give us reason to re-evaluate both the Abhidharma metaphysics and our ordinary person-related practices and concerns in light of each other by using some sort of wide reflective equilibrium. Selfless Minds is a contribution to cross-cultural philosophy that studies the nature of selfless minds from a place at the crossroads of different traditions and disciplines: philosophy in the traditional Buddhist and contemporary Western traditions, and contemporary cognitive sciences.