Mindfulness Meditation: A Quick Guide

Mindfulness Meditation (MM) is an example of a behavioural practice that, through repetition and reinforcement, changes how we view, and respond to, our stream of thoughts and emotions – our stream of ‘consciousness’. Readers may ask why we bother to change how we view and respond to this. The reason is that much of what we think and feel actually goes on ‘unnoticed’, and has become ‘subconscious’. This means that it is hidden from our awareness - but it does not mean that it has no effect on us. It affects everything. MM sees the subconscious as being continually revealed through our bodies, our stream of consciousness, and by our automatic reactions or emotions. It seeks to address aspects of our sub conscious because parts of it become, over time, less of a servant and more of a master - one that does not always provide good outcomes for us. This book gives you a pathway to train yourself in mindfulness meditation.