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meditation helps, but looking for other ideas

>> No.12669896

>>12669884
Wherever You Go, There You Are by Jon Kabat-Zinn.

>> No.12669908

>>12669884
it always seems simple in the books
what you need is practice

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>>12669884
>Living the "moment"
>meditation
Lmao, off to a good start.
Stop trying to appeal to whatever the media/ads and other people portraited you by "living the moment". Do whatever you want you faggot.

>> No.12670112

Surfing with sartre

>> No.12670136

>>12670105
Agreed. Living in the moment only rarely involves spending money.

>> No.12670144

>>12669884
read truthcontest

>> No.12670150

>>12670105
i'm looking for techniques to stop worrying about the future and past so much and catch myself. or just information on the subject, not 1/100000 self-help books

>> No.12670151

>>12669896
>Kabat-Zinn grew up in a non-practicing Jewish family

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>> No.12670174

You always live in the moment no matter what you do, its an empty phrase!

>> No.12670183

>>12670151
So because he's not some jap peddling eastern religion his work isn't valuable? He's one of the greatest proponents of mindfulness meditation for medical applications.

Or were you just being an anti-Semite?

>> No.12670184

>>12670150
Read Meditations by Marcus then. It has some good passing points about forgeting the past if that pleases you so much. Most self-help books are half baked stoicism added with some other shitty pop refences and twisted to appeal to the typical consumerist that doesnt read much.

>> No.12670198

>>12670183
>he's not some jap peddling eastern religion
>peddling eastern religion

>Although he has been "trained in Buddhism and espouses its principles," he rejects the label of "Buddhist," preferring to "apply mindfulness within a scientific rather than a religious frame."