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Twenty-two masters of meditation explain why and how they meditate, obstacles to meditation -- and how they can be overcome. Includes the experts' "Best Practices."
Synopsis
Today's Teachers Share Their Practices, Techniques, and Faith Inspiring yet practical, this introduction to meditation from a Jew-ish per-spec-tive ap-proach-es it in a new and illuminating way: As it is per-son-al-ly practiced by today's most experienced Jew-ish med-i-ta-tors from around the world. A "how to" guide for both beginning and experienced med-i-ta-tors, Med-i-ta-tion from the Heart of Judaism will help you start med-i-tat-ing or help you enhance your practice. Meditation is a Jewish spiritual resource for today that can ben-e-fit peo-ple of all faiths and backgrounds-and help us add spiritual energy to our lives.
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Techniques explained by the masters--for today's spiritual seeker
Meditation is designed to give you direct access to the spiritual. Whether it's through deep breathing during a busy day, listening to the quiet after turning off the car radio, chanting in prayer or ten minutes of visualization exercises each morning, meditation takes many forms. But it is always a personal method of centering our spiritual self.
Meditation has long been practiced in the Jewish community as a powerful tool to transcend words, personality and ego and to directly experience the divine. Inspiring yet practical, this introduction to meditation from a Jewish perspective approaches it in a new and illuminating way: As it is personally practiced by today's most experienced Jewish meditators from around the world.
A "how to" guide for both beginning and experienced meditators, Meditation from the Heart of Judaism will help you start meditating or help you enhance your practice. Meditation is a Jewish spiritual resource for today that can benefit people of all faiths and backgrounds--and help us add spiritual energy to our lives.
Contributors include:
Sylvia Boorstein - Alan Brill - Andrea Cohen-Keiner - David Cooper - Avram Davis - Nan Fink - Steve Fisdel - Shefa Gold - Lynn Gottleib - Edward Hoffman - Lawrence Kushner - Alan Lew - Shaul Magid - Daniel C. Matt - Jonathan Omer-Man - Mindy Ribner - Susie Schneider - Rami M. Shapiro - Shohama Wiener - Sheila Peltz Weinberg - Laibl Wolf - David Zeller
Synopsis
Inspiring yet practical, introduces meditation from a Jewish perspective and as it is personally practiced by today's most experienced Jewish meditators from around the world. Will encourage you to start meditating or help enhance your current practice.