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A review by omikun
The Mind Illuminated: A Complete Meditation Guide Integrating Buddhist Wisdom and Brain Science by Culadasa (John Yates)
5.0
Definitely a book I'll be coming back to over time, probably once a year. The idea that the mind is actually composed of many subminds, each with their own tendencies and preferences like members of a family, is fascinating and supported by another book on psychiatry "The Body Keeps the Score"
Also, that meditation is about expressing an intention the way learning to bat in baseball is expressing the intention of hitting the ball with a bat. You don't will yourself to hit, but through trial and error your subminds hear the intention and organize themselves around this effort until they unite and perform in unison at the task. Where as learning the hit a ball will only train your mind and body to do that one task, learning to focus will train your mind to... focus on anything! The various forms of euphoria in the later stages of meditation is also aspirational and gels with the book "How to Change Your Mind" by Michael Pollins on how LSD showed one guy what enlightenment is like and gave him the motivation to meditate!
Also, that meditation is about expressing an intention the way learning to bat in baseball is expressing the intention of hitting the ball with a bat. You don't will yourself to hit, but through trial and error your subminds hear the intention and organize themselves around this effort until they unite and perform in unison at the task. Where as learning the hit a ball will only train your mind and body to do that one task, learning to focus will train your mind to... focus on anything! The various forms of euphoria in the later stages of meditation is also aspirational and gels with the book "How to Change Your Mind" by Michael Pollins on how LSD showed one guy what enlightenment is like and gave him the motivation to meditate!