Wherever You Go, There You Are
Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life
by Jon Kabat-Zinn · first published 1994
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Easy-to-digest introduction to mindfulness meditation that skips Buddhism and spiritual framing. Suits beginners, anxious or depressed readers, and skeptics wanting simple practices like breath focus.
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The time-honored national bestseller, updated with a new afterword, celebrating 10 years of influencing the way we live.When Wherever You Go, There You Are was first published in 1994, no one could have predicted that the book would launch itself onto bestseller lists nationwide and sell over 750,000 copies to date. Ten years later, the book continues to change lives. In honor of the book's 10th anniversary, Hyperion is proud to be releasing the book with a new afterword by the author, and to share this wonderful book with an even larger audience.
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…depressed, but where it's not debilitating, or where you are not suffering from some kind of clinical depression where you need medical attention, I highly recommend that you immediately purchase the book "Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life" by Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn, and put that information into practice as soon as you can.
on “Ask HN: Are you depressed?” ↗…you've written things is exactly how Buddhist mindfulness authors Christina Feldman, Sharon Salzberg, Jon Kabat-Zinn, and Pema Chödrön have been writing and thinking about it. I recommend checking out Wherever You Go, There You Are. It's clear to me how all of the reaction and distraction we've started to discover that the current Internet lets us cling to will drive people to start seriously evaluating teachings of mindfulness…
on “‘I’m Broke and Mostly Friendless, and I’ve Wasted My Whole Life’” ↗…to your situation, because I was there a few years ago, at a similar age. Please forgive me for offering some unsolicited advice. I highly recommend meditation. A helpful book I started with is called Wherever You Go, There You Are. I'm now getting into The Mind Illuminated, and I think it is also good. The subreddits /r/meditation and /r/TheMindIlluminated are informative, at the moment. When you find the time, which can be difficult…
on “Superior IQs associated with mental and physical disorders, research suggests” ↗…problems and glue them together and thus build ever more complex soltions. „Siddartha“ by Hermann Hesse. Reminded me of my inner struggle in my young years regarding life, religion and meaning of life. „Wherever you go, there you are” by Jon Kabat-Zinn. Introduced me to the idea of mindfulness, of being present, of letting go.
on “Ask HN: Are there any books that changed your life during college or school?” ↗Wherever You Go, There You Are by Jon Kabat-Zinn His talk at Google: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nwwKbM_vJc
on “Six Ways to Boost Brainpower: Exercise, Diet, Stimulants, Video Games, Music, & Meditation” ↗Have you read Wherever You Go, There You Are by Jon Kabat-Zinn? http://www.amazon.com/Wherever-You-There-Are-ROUGH/dp/140130... He is my favorite author when it comes to meditation because he focus on mindfulness and not Buddhism or more "spiritual"…
on “HH Dalai Lama: Countering Stress and Depression” ↗…compelling to you at any point about mindfulness and/or meditation. I also recommend the spin off http://campcalm.com if you're interested in meditation in particular. If you're after books specifically, "Wherever you go, there you are" by Jon Kabat-Zinn is also good.
on “Ask HN: Similar Book to Power of Now / Tolle?” ↗Wherever You Go, There You Are by Jon Kabat-Zinn - great book about mindfulness written in a style that's very easy to digest.
on “Ask HN: Which books have made you introspect?” ↗…are classes and meetups on topics like Buddhism, meditation and mindfulness that don't ask any standard supernatural religious beliefs or devotions of you. I got a lot of introductory information from Wherever You Go, There You Are by Jon Kabat-Zinn. I also think coding for a living matters to you: you are important and coding provides your basic necessities. I know it's tempting for us to seek ways to code for a better world,…
on “Ask HN: Finding meaning in what we do everyday” ↗A follow-up to these I would recommend: Wherever You Go, There You Are by Jon Kabat-Zinn
on “Ask HN: What books changed the way you think about almost everything?” ↗Wherever you go, there you are by Jon Kabat-Zin Meditations by Marcus Aurelius Neither were written this decade but they influenced my worldview the most, by far.
on “Ask HN: Best books you read in the past decade?” ↗…understanding the cultural context of Buddhism. Insight Meditation by Joseph Goldstein. I just find Goldstein's style the easiest to comprehend in a field that often comes across as frustratingly esoteric Wherever You Go There You Are by Jon Kabat-Zinn. I thought this book is interesting because it draws parallels to Western authors, particularly Thoreau. Sam Harris's "Waking Up" app may also be worth a listen. Besides the actual…
on “Building a vision of life without work (2015)” ↗…lot of things I have been thinking about over the years. Darwin's Dangerous Idea by Daniel Dennett: Really delved deep into what evolution is and the way it affects how everything in the world works. Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness meditation for everyday life by Jon Kabat Zinn: What is mindfulness? Why is it important and how can you apply it to your every day life (like the subtitle says). Bearded guru in a cave at…
on “Ask HN: Life Changing Books?” ↗…again and again. "As it happens, you can See the world but never see the people in it" Other highlights: The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt; re-read Thinking in Systems by Daniella Meadows; re-read Wherever You Go There You Are by Jon Kabat Zinn; The light eaters by Zoe Schlanger; I don't want to talk about it, by Terrence Real.
on “Ask HN: What were the best books you read this year?” ↗Kabat-Zinn's book "Wherever you go, there you are" is also recommended.
on “Regular meditation may be more beneficial than vacation” ↗