Wherever You Go, There You Are

Title Page......Page 2
Dedication......Page 3
Contents......Page 4
Introduction......Page 9
Part One......Page 13
What is Mindfulness?......Page 14
Simple but Not Easy......Page 16
Stopping......Page 17
This Is It......Page 18
Capturing Your Moments......Page 20
Keeping the Breath in Mind......Page 21
Practice, Practice, Practice......Page 22
Practice Does Not Mean Rehearsal......Page 23
You Don’t Have to Go Out of Your Way to Practice......Page 24
Waking Up......Page 25
Keeping It Simple......Page 26
You Can’t Stop the Waves but You Can Learn to Surf......Page 27
Can Anybody Meditate?......Page 28
In Praise of Non-Doing......Page 29
The Non-Doing Paradox......Page 30
Non-Doing in Action......Page 31
Doing Non-Doing......Page 33
Patience......Page 34
Letting Go......Page 37
Non-Judging......Page 38
Trust......Page 40
Generosity......Page 41
You Have to Be Strong Enough to Be Weak......Page 43
Voluntary Simplicity......Page 44
Concentration......Page 46
Vision......Page 48
Meditation Develops Full Human Beings......Page 50
Practice as a Path......Page 52
Meditation: Not to Be Confused with Positive Thinking......Page 54
Going Inside......Page 56
Part Two......Page 58
Sitting Meditation......Page 59
Taking Your Seat......Page 60
Dignity......Page 61
Posture......Page 62
Coming Out of Meditation......Page 64
How Long to Practice?......Page 66
No Right Way......Page 69
A What-Is-My-Way? Meditation......Page 71
The Mountain Meditation......Page 73
The Lake Meditation......Page 76
Walking Meditation......Page 78
Standing Meditation......Page 80
Lying-Down Meditation......Page 81
Getting Your Body Down on the Floor at Least Once a Day......Page 83
Not Practicing Is Practicing......Page 84
Loving Kindness Meditation......Page 85
Part Three......Page 88
Sitting by Fire......Page 89
Harmony......Page 90
Early Morning......Page 91
Direct Contact......Page 93
Is There Anything Else You Would Like to Tell Me?......Page 94
Your Own Authority......Page 96
Wherever You Go, There You Are......Page 98
Going Upstairs......Page 101
Cleaning the Stove While Listening to Bobby McFerrin......Page 103
What Is My Job on the Planet with a Capital J?......Page 104
Mount Analogue......Page 106
Interconnectedness......Page 107
Non-Harming—Ahimsa......Page 109
Karma......Page 111
Wholeness and Oneness......Page 113
Eachness and Suchness......Page 115
What Is This?......Page 117
Selfing......Page 118
Anger......Page 120
Cat-Food Lessons......Page 121
Parenting as Practice......Page 123
Parenting Two......Page 127
Some Pitfalls Along the Path......Page 129
Is Mindfulness Spiritual?......Page 131
Afterword......Page 134
Mindfulness Meditation Practice CDs......Page 136
Acknowledgments......Page 138
About the Author......Page 139
Credits......Page 140
Copyright......Page 141