Synopses & Reviews
Discover the Lotus Effect
The lotus plant has a unique ability to survive in muddy, humid swamps, producing beautiful flowers that bloom just above the water's surface. By repelling dirt and parasites from their leaves, lotuses are able to thrive and access as much sunlight and water as possible. What if we, like the lotus, could let the trials and tribulations of everyday life slip away and emerge unscathed and whole?
Suffering results when we lose sight of our true sense of self and absorb everyday frustrations instead of letting these feelings fall away. Inspired by Buddhist and Vedic psychology, The Lotus Effect will help you rediscover who you are by clarifying what you are not. Through the contemplative "identity detox" exercises and meditations in this book, you'll learn to let go of stress, worry, anger, suffering, and need for approval as naturally as the lotus sheds mud from its leaves. As you practice detaching yourself from life's disappointments, frustrations, and fears, you'll take the first steps toward strengthening your core "lotus self" so that you, too, will possess the resilience to blossom, no matter the circumstances.
Review
In The Lotus Effect, Pavel Somov teaches us to work our way through the complexities of pain, suffering, and impermanence and learn to let go and accept the teachings of our afflictions of body, mind and soul. With the lotus effect, we shift from pain and suffering toward growth, rebirth, and transformation of the self. Great for clinicians to use with clients and for all others seeking to grow a new lotus within themselves.
—Ronald A. Alexander, Ph.D., executive director of the Open Mind Training Institute and author of Wise Mind, Open Mind
Synopsis
The Lotus Effect offers readers a variety of Buddhist meditative techniques, both ancient and modern, for shedding the worry, rumination, obsessive thinking, and overthinking that causes suffering and prevents people from fully absorbing positive situations and experiences.
About the Author
Pavel G. Somov, PhD, is a licensed psychologist in private practice in Pittsburgh, PA. He is the author of Eating the Moment, Present Perfect, The Smoke-Free Smoke Break, and The Lotus Effect.
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Table of Contents
PART 1: Lotus Identity
1. The Lotus Effect
2. Identity Detox
PART 2: Dis-Identify from what You Are Not
3. Neti It Out
Breaking Away from the Physical Mirror: I Am Not a Reflection
Breaking Away from the Social Mirror: I Am Not Others Minds
Breaking Away from the Mirror of Action: I Am Not What I Do
Breaking Away from the Situational Mirror: I Am Not My Context
Breaking Away from the Mirror of Time: Not My Past, Not My Future
Breaking Away from the Material Mirror: I Am Not What I Have
Breaking Away from the Relational Mirror: I Am Not My Role
Breaking Away from the Mirror of Bio-Data: I Am Not My Body
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