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Buddhism, Pure and Simple
duus | Feb 6 2006
Merlin posted about this book here: for me, it invokes a very similar feeling as properly done GTD. GTD is about the present, the now, the next action; the next physical action. it's the same thing. embracing the now. living life as a series of present moments. 12 Comments
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 Actually...Submitted by marshmallowcreme on February 7, 2006 - 12:08pm.
Merlin wrote:
I really do love that book. It's small enough to carry around, and I enjoy reading a chapter on the bus, waiting in line--wherever I can. There's already a great deal of work aimed at integrating Buddhist Mindfulness with psychotherapy. In fact, psychologists have been doing it for decades, including Carl Jung. One of the offspring of this movement was, among many others, Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy. Probably one of the best books on the subject is excellent treatise and highly-enjoyable read that seeks to integrate mindfulness meditation with schema therapy (a cognitive-behavioral therapy). It is written by Tara-Bennet Goleman, wife of Daniel Goleman who authored Emotional Intelligence. I cannot recommend it enough. Another good book on the subject is [url=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=43folders-20&creative=373489&camp=211189&link_code=as3&path=ASIN/0465085857">Thoughts Without a Thinker by Mark Epstein. For a better understanding of the experience of Buddhism, I would highly recommend listening to the Power of Now audiobook by Eckhart Tolle. The states of consciousness that Buddhism and other eastern philosophies aim at cultivating cannot be realized by conceptual thinking. You may scoff at this suggestion at first, but Eckhart is just the guy to wake you up. He's not exactly Buddhist, but borrows from various traditions including Buddhism, Hinduism and Christianity. If you get any of the books I recommended, get this one! (Note: There are some mystical elements in it, but feel free to disregard them) Warm regards, » POSTED IN:
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