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jackgoss's review against another edition
4.0
The first 1/2 is a how-to-meditate guide, which is what I was looking for. The second 1/2 I found less useful to my needs, but still educational.
julieirene's review against another edition
5.0
As a beginner very new to meditation or any meditative traditions, I found this book exceptionally helpful. It definitely expanded my mind and offered me new perspectives on my mind and the world. It was also approachable, informative, humorous at times, and simply beautiful to spend time with. It's the kind of book I know I'll want to come back to and learn from again and again.
lunabear33's review against another edition
4.0
Very enlightening! Loved reading about meditation and buddhism. I would recommend this book to anyone looking to learn more about meditation and the importance of slowing the mind down.
pumpkinspice_mustflow's review against another edition
Pausing on this book, the subject is a bit more dense than I feel up to reading right now.
yuliia_trevi's review against another edition
5.0
I enjoyed this book quite a bit. I liked the teachings mixed with true life stories. It was interesting to learn about meditation and much more that happens if you decide to step on this path. I learned about a new outlook on life and became interested to explore and practice meditation on my own.
Seems like success ;).
Seems like success ;).
ash723's review against another edition
4.0
"Coming together and falling apart is the movement of time, the movement of life." "No matter what we do to hold ourselves together, the truth is that we are always falling apart".
A book recommended to me by my therapist. A very good introduction to meditation. Simple words, big ideas.
A book recommended to me by my therapist. A very good introduction to meditation. Simple words, big ideas.
ashwinn's review against another edition
3.0
My friend who does practises meditation regularly handed me this book from his collection when I asked him for advice. I read through the book while I was attending meditation classes at university in the last few weeks. Turning The Mind Into An Ally is written by Sakyong Mipham, a Tibetan Buddhist lama. The book is aimed at beginners to meditation, so was perfect for me. The prose flows like a graceful and simple brook going from the nature of the mind, to getting started on meditation, to the problems faced during meditation and finally to the different objects that one can place the mind on during meditation. The book is a breezy read, mainly because the author takes care not to get heavy in the details and peppers every other page with analogies from real life. Buddhism (the religion) aspects are present a bit in the beginning and towards the end, but the book for the most part is free of religion. The book ends with some appendices which have practical tips for meditation. I found the book quite useful to go along with my meditation classes. I will have to get back to the book sometime in the future again since I couldn't really take away a lot of the latter part of the book.
j92's review against another edition
4.0
It was a good intro to meditation and the perspective behind it. Good for a curious mind!
eandrews80's review against another edition
3.0
I don't know very much about meditation, so it's impossible for me to compare this to similar works. That said, I found parts of this book very accessible, and others quite challenging to interpret. There is some good information on how to establish a meditation practice (particularly in Appendix A), but the second part of the book is likely more relevant to long-time meditators who have achieved the mental stability to contemplate some more philosophically complex ideas.