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**Qnpqbpac** · 07-09-2011, 03:31 AM

I'll second Stuka's recomendation of Mindfulness in Plain English and you might want to add Eight Mindful Steps to Happiness also by Bhante Henepola Gunaratana, they are excellent books. While no expert on meditation and I'm still trying to develop concentration I am told that mindfully observing unpleasant thoughts and sensations reduces there impact rather than suppressing them which is what we naturally do.

07-09-2011, 03:31 AM	#8
Qnpqbpac Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 472 Senior Member	I'll second Stuka's recomendation of Mindfulness in Plain English and you might want to add Eight Mindful Steps to Happiness also by Bhante Henepola Gunaratana, they are excellent books. While no expert on meditation and I'm still trying to develop concentration I am told that mindfully observing unpleasant thoughts and sensations reduces there impact rather than suppressing them which is what we naturally do.
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