An excellent book describing the way in which you can utilise mindfulness to deal with stress. I highly recommend anything by Jon Kabat-Zinn. His style is very accessible.

I was alerted to Friday reads by Char and thought I'd join in.

Today I'm starting Love In The Time Of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez for my RL book club that meets in a few weeks. The book catalogue doesn't seem to have the other one I'm reading, Done by Jacques Peretti, a non-fiction book about the secret business deals being done that are shaping our world. I'm also listening to Full Catastrophe Living, which is a mindfulness book.  I've nearly finished it and it's been excellent. 

Here's how mindfulness changes karma. When you sit (in meditation) you are not allowing your impulses to translate into action. For the time being, at least, you are just watching them. Looking at them you quickly see that all impulses in the mind arise and pass away, that they have a life of their own, that they are not you but just thinking and that you do not have to be ruled by them. Not feeding or reacting to impulses you come to understand their nature as thoughts directly

So, who here meditates? It's a great way to look at the thoughts which arise related to addiction. It also gives you a new perspective on life and yourself. I highly recommend this book if you want to start. There's an app called Headspace which has many guided meditations and is really good. It even gives you tit-bits of wisdom during the day by way of mindful updates.

Ho impiegato diverso tempo a leggere questo libro. Effettivamente la sua lettura è un po' pesante, come se ti arrivasse addosso un concentrato di nozioni e di esempi senza avere nemmeno il tempo di realizzare. Ma lo scrittore avvisa subito che non si tratta di un libro da leggere e basta, ma un vero e proprio manuale da tenere in considerazione in vari momenti e quando se ne sente il bisogno. E così ho fatto, ho protratto la lettura per ben un anno leggendo solamente quando sentivo che dovevo, che volevo. Il risultato è stato interessante, molte cose sono di uso comune, ma altre sono state illuminanti. In ogni caso, penso che sia un libro su cui tutti dovrebbero appoggiare gli occhi, prima o poi.