Guided Mindfulness Meditation Series 2

Guided Mindfulness Meditation Series 2 by Jon Kabat-Zinn            Audio Book:  3 hours, 37 minutes    Book: estimated 150   

Jon Kabat-Zinn has such a great understanding of meditation that he imparts to the listener or reader.     I know a lot of meditation books try to be how- tos, but, this one accomplishes what the others merely attempt.   The meditations found in this manual to the art are most excellent.    The meditations truly do raise your consciousness in such a way that you are carried along with the instructor so fast it is almost like being hypnotized.   He cuts to the very core of quieting your mind,   relaxing your body so you can hear your breath and he guides you whether novice or experienced meditator in such a Zen (no pun intended on Kabat-Zinn) way that you ride on the dream-like wave of calm to a deep state mental as well as physical relaxation.   I tried it and I can honestly say some issues that were plaguing me afterward didn’t seem so fierce afterall.   I can only describe it as a deep felt sense of calm or better said, perhaps, a lack of worry and a sense of all will be well in the universe.   Now, I’m not saying it is a type of mental high but more an awareness that all will work out and everything will be fine.   No more, no less.   Kind of like when you are a kid and you think the world is crashing in on you for whatever reason and your Mom talks to you in that gentle understanding voice and counsels you on how to make things right in your world.  Like that only without the talking just the occasional bell and his soothing words directing you to visionary paths with mountains and lakes while you mindfully follow his words and instructions directing your sitting and lying meditations to nirvana or profound peace of mind.    He really helps the reader to accomplish that.   Not enlightenment but peace of mind.    I highly recommend this instruction as I am a witness it worked.    This work is a companion piece to his other book,  “No Matter Where You Go, There You Are,” which I plan to read, too, though this instructive book on CD was a stand alone work in its own right.    Good going, Jon Kabat-Zinn.