Book
Description
Stopping the constant "chatter"
of the mind - is it possible in today's world? People have so much to juggle,
schedule, discuss, and think about, how can they slow it all down? Won't they
miss out? In fact, John Selby points out that our nation's thinkaholic ways
result in such detrimental effects as high stress, insomnia, anxiety attacks,
and negative, self-critical attitudes. In Quiet Your Mind, he offers an
easy-to-follow mind-management process to help people let go of stressful mental
habits and enter a more heart-centered, intuitive, and peaceful engagement with
everyday life. Based on solid scientific research yet presented in a very
approachable tone, the techniques here allow people to quiet over-busy thoughts
and prevent fear-based emotions so that they can be truly refreshed,
spontaneous, and engaged with each new moment.
Excerpted from Quiet Your Mind
by John Selby. Copyright © 2004. Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.
EXCERPT FROM INTRODUCTION:
For hundreds of years now,
Western civilization has become more and more engulfed in the thinking mind’s
grand assumption that its own mental chatter and nonstop flow of judgments and
worries is the most important happening on planet Earth. Ever since Descartes
made his intellectual’s assertion Cogito, ergo sum – "I think, therefore I am" –
the talkative function generating our stream-of-consciousness commentary on
everything happening around us has gained free reign to dominate almost every
moment of our lives.
I would like to quietly yet
forcefully challenge this ego assumption that we function best, and enjoy life
to the fullest, when we’re habitually engaged in nonstop mental reflections,
worries, plottings, and judgments. In exact contrast, this book will demonstrate
that only through regularly quieting the entire flow of thoughts, images,
memories, and reflections that fill our minds can we regain intimate and
fulfilling contact with sensory, intuitive, and heart-felt experiences that
emerge when we shift into direct encounter with the world around us.
Product
Details
Paperback: 256 pages
Publisher: Inner Ocean
Publishing (June 2004)
Language: English
ISBN: 1930722311
Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.6 x
0.7 inches
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