Peace and Freedom

<p>Meditation is a process of trusting ourselves and coming home. </p><p> </p><p>We often come to meditation for relief from stress turmoil or from inspiration for meaning and truth. It's that very part of ourselves seeking such things that already has them. It's <em>like</em> longing for <em>like</em>. It's our innate wisdom compassion and freedom shining through. We're learning to trust that intuitive part of ourselves to come home and let it expand. -- from <em>Peace and Freedom</em></p><p> </p><p>Everyone can meditate whether or not we want to be a Buddhist. </p><p> </p><p>This book begins with <em>shamatha</em> or peaceful abiding meditation which is how we make peace with ourselves rejuvenate and come to rest with groundedness clarity and strength. It gently guides us from the very beginning through the stages of how our practice deepens how to adjust as it does and how to work with our hearts and minds in an uplifting way.</p><p> </p><p>It continues with <em>vipashyana</em> or insight meditation which is how our minds are set free into innate wisdom compassion and openness. </p><p> </p><p>It's very short meant to be easily readable and offer heartfelt guidance for practice. </p><p> </p><p>One reader said:</p><p> </p><p><em>Peace and Freedom</em> is an essential guide to mindfulness awareness that transports us from our internal landscape into the world and back again. It returns us 'home' to our most authentic being and lets us rest in the wisdom of our simple presence and compassion. Insightfully attuned to the unique challenges of the contemporary moment it beckons us onto the path of meditation: from breath to mindfulness to awareness to space to freedom. It speaks to every reader with an earnest simplicity that registers meaning in the heart of experience and it thereby becomes a friend to each reader a compassionate companion offering sage wisdom. - Larisa C</p><p> </p><p> </p>