Less Dust the More Trust
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Less Dust the More Trust

Participating In The Shamatha Project, Meditation And Science

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eBook - ePub

Less Dust the More Trust

Participating In The Shamatha Project, Meditation And Science

About this book

The Less Dust, the More Trust presents the story of the author's participation in the Shamatha Project, addressing Buddhism, shamatha mindfulness practices (concentration-calm), and meditation-research. With diary excerpts, dream log, and audio transcripts she gives the reader a feel for her personal experiences. The current research outcomes of this unique ongoing project are reported, focusing on the effects of the various practices in attention and emotion regulation, and on health. They include groundbreaking findings of effects down to the chromosome level. The practice 'Settling the mind in its natural state' invites wonder: what is this natural state? Each chapter includes a guided meditation. The book is structured in a way that it can provide the reader with various threads. It can be read as an overview of the Shamatha Project, meditation and science. Additionally, it can be read as an exploration into Buddhist studies, with a focus on psychological and scientific understanding of meditation. Most importantly: the book can support a personal journey for the reader in practicing shamatha meditations, and experiencing increasing well-being.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. List of guided meditations
  6. Prologue by B. Alan Wallace PhD
  7. Acknowledgements
  8. Introduction
  9. Chapter 1: The Project, the research, and some outcomes
  10. Chapter 2: Attention meditations
  11. Chapter 3: Qualities of the Heart and Tonglen
  12. Chapter 4: Shamatha in Buddhism as it developed in Tibet
  13. Chapter 5: Three months of sitting with Settling
  14. Chapter 6: Settling the mind and “tasting” the texts
  15. Chapter 7: Settling the mind, Mahamudra and Dzogchen
  16. Chapter 8: Contemplative and psychological views
  17. Chapter 9: Psychological turbulence and self-healing
  18. Chapter 10: Contemplation and science, some considerations
  19. Chapter 11: Applications, integrations: shamatha in society
  20. Chapter 12: On human flourishing: continuing the project
  21. Notes
  22. References
  23. Select Index