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Z-Library (abbreviated as z-lib, formerly BookFinder) is a shadow library project for file-sharing access to scholarly journal articles, academic texts and general-interest books. It began as a mirror of Library Genesis , but has expanded dramatically.
Vipassana meditation, presented as a centuries-old meditation system, was a 19th-century reinvention, [135] which gained popularity in south-east due to the accessibility of the Buddhist sutras through English translations from the Pali Text Society. [118] It was brought to western attention in the 19th century by the Theosophical Society.
Joseph Chilton Pearce (January 14, 1926 – August 23, 2016) was an American author of a number of books on human development and child development and is best known for his books, The Crack in the Cosmic Egg (1971), Magical Child (1977) and The Bond of Power: Meditation and Wholeness (1981). [1] He preferred the name "Joe". [2]
The book explains meditation as a scientifically established practice that can help reduce stress, improve cognitive function, and lead to improved awareness. The exercises in the book can be done by anyone, anywhere, at any time. [3]
Electroencephalography has been used for meditation research.. The psychological and physiological effects of meditation have been studied. In recent years, studies of meditation have increasingly involved the use of modern instruments, such as functional magnetic resonance imaging and electroencephalography, which are able to observe brain physiology and neural activity in living subjects ...
Lawrence LeShan (September 8, 1920 – November 9, 2020) [1] was an American psychologist, educator, and the author of the best-selling How to Meditate (1974) a practical guide to meditation. [2] He authored or co-authored approximately 75 articles in the professional literature and more than fifteen books on a diverse range of topics including ...
Full Catastrophe Living was first published in 1990 and went through numerous reprintings, [10] [1] before eventually being reissued in a revised second edition in 2013. [2]: xxv The second edition refines the meditation instructions and descriptions of mindfulness-based approaches found in the first edition, and also reflects the "exponential" growth of scientific research into mindfulness ...
Wilson published a number of books in a similar format, including The Little Book of Calm at Work, The Little Book of Sleep, and The Little Book of Hope. Joe Joseph, reviewing The Little Book of Calm at Work for The Times, was very critical towards the book and claimed that "much of Wilson's advice is actually counter-productive" in that it ...