Synopses & Reviews
Does your personal power mirror the quality of your attention? Yes!” says best-selling author and modern-day meditation teacher Sarah McLean. Through her 25-year dedication to contemplative practices, she knows that the profound stillness cultivated in meditation can open a doorway for anyone to become aware ofand then intimate withwho they really are. Sarahs new book, Love and the Power of Attention, offers basic training in accessing your true essence, what she calls your pure awareness.” Thoughtful questions and meditation exercises guide you on a journey into your inner realm, where more love and fulfillment await you. Youll open the communion with your pure awareness and discover that its qualities are love, wisdom, and power. Youll also learn that the currency of your awareness is your conscious, nonjudgmental, clearly focused attention. Through thoughtful exploration and practices, youll enhance your ability to focus, become more conscious of what you observe, and explore how you pay attention. Ultimately, you will reclaim your power and become the master of your attention, with a deep understanding that the purest form of its essence is love.
Synopsis
What has your attention right now? Did you know that your freely given attention is the most powerful expression of love? When you're in command of your attention, you are attuned to the field of love underlying the energy of the universe. Unfortunately, we live in a culture of competing interests and distractions. Unless we regain control of how and to whom we direct this powerful currency, our connection with the people and causes we care most deeply about will continue to suffer.
In this book, acclaimed meditation teacher Sarah McLean will show you how to direct your attention toward those aspects of yourself and your life that you most want to flourish, expand, and thrive. Each chapter offers modern practical ways of applying the timeless practices of meditation and mindfulness so that you become more intimately connected to yourself, honor your feelings and desires, and express your unique talents and gifts in the world.
As you become practiced in the art of training your attention, and connecting with the source of it, you reclaim the power to purposefully live your life, frame by frame, as each new moment unfolds. You will no longer experience life as something that is happening to you; instead, you will know that life is happening for you.
About the Author
Sarah McLean is a best-selling author and dynamic speaker who inspires thousands to find their personal power, radiance, and inner peace. She has explored the world’s spiritual and mystic traditions, and is the go-to teacher for contemporary meditation. Her internationally acclaimed book, Soul-Centered: Transform Your Life in 8 Weeks with Meditation, has touched seekers worldwide. Though she’s lived in a Zen Buddhist monastery, meditated in ashrams and temples throughout India and the Far East, journeyed through Afghan refugee camps, biked the Silk Route from Pakistan to China, trekked the Golden Triangle in Southeast Asia, and taught English to Tibetan Buddhist nuns in Dharamsala, Sarah maintains that the most exciting journey of all is the one of inner exploration.
Sarah helps others on their personal journeys through her books, speaking engagements, and programs. She is the founder and director of the McLean Meditation Institute in Sedona, Arizona, where she offers training in the Simple, Easy, Every Day Meditation Method and hosts workshops such as the Soul Radiance Retreat and the Creative Soul writing retreat. She also developed a renowned Teacher Certification Program, so that everyone can have access to meditation. She has been featured in the New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Huffington Post, Prevention magazine, Organic Spa Magazine, Unity Magazine, Daily Word magazine, and on Fox News Health. She can often be found hiking in the red rocks of Sedona with her husband and rescued dogs. For more information on her work, please visit: www.McLeanMeditation.com.