
How to BE the Change We Need
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Content
- Intro
- How to BE the Change We Need
- About the Author
- Dedication
- Copyright Information ©
- Acknowledgment
- Chapter One Politics and Meditation - Introduction and Overview
- Politics and Meditation? "You Must Be Joking!"
- Politics and Emotion: 'Emotional Intelligence'
- Anger, for Example.
- What Sort of 'Meditation'?
- Meditation Practice and Buddhism
- Chapter Two Why Politics Doesn't Do What It Says on the Tin
- The Problem of 'Consensus'
- The Problem of 'Trust'
- The Problem of 'Truth'
- 'Responsibility'
- Chapter Three Meditation - 'Be the Change.'
- The Breath
- The Body
- What Bahiya Was Told
- Directing (Our) Awareness
- Mindfulness
- 'Cultivating Kindness'
- Imagining Others
- The Story of Kisa-Gotami
- 'The Unconscious'
- Summary
- Chapter Four Meditation: Mindfulness, Education and Politics
- 'Mindfulness' and 'Meditation' in Schools
- Meditation Practices and Political 'Virtues'
- Chapter Five A Practical Guide to Meditation Methods
- Where? (And Whether or Not to Close Our Eyes)
- How Long?
- When?
- 'Posture'
- 'Obstacles'
- Absorption and Enjoyment
- Rituals, 'Mantras'
- Resources: A Support Group, CDs, Books
- The 'Body Scan'
- 'The Mindfulness of Breathing'
- Impulses and Emotions: 'Finding the Gap'
- 'Cultivating Metta'
- Walking Meditation: Noticing Our Bodies, Noticing the World
- Endnotes
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