10% Happier: How I Tamed the Voice in My Head, Reduced Stress Without Losing My Edge, and Found a Self-Help That Actually Works Audible – Unabridged ridged
Author: Dan Harris ID: B00I8NLVFY
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Audible Audio EditionListening Length: 7 hours and 50 minutesProgram Type: AudiobookVersion: UnabridgedPublisher: HarperAudioAudible.com Release Date: March 11, 2014Whispersync for Voice: ReadyLanguage: EnglishID: B00I8NLVFY Best Sellers Rank: #4 in Books > Audible Audiobooks > Religion & Spirituality > New Age & Occult #6 in Books > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Mental Health > Happiness #8 in Books > Audible Audiobooks > Biographies & Memoirs > Personal Memoirs
I just finished reading 10% happier, and I really wanted to like it. I didn’t. Here is why:
– If you are someone who is actually seeking advice on meditation technique, DO NOT buy this book. Even if you are a type-A, work-in-high-stress-situations-type, you would benefit much more from an author such as Jack Kornfield, who actually gives you undiluted Buddhist technique written in an incredibly user-friendly way. Jack gives you clear directions and rationale for why certain meditation techniques work. You’ll try a few and see which ones work for you, and not use the rest. This book does not give you meditation instruction that works universally.
– The book ends with a a list of mindfulness "how-to’s." The problem with this list is that, unlike the list of a truly experienced meditator who has the ability to distill really hard stuff into universally applicable guidance, Dan’s list is HIS list. It didn’t resonate for me. "Don’t be a jerk" – that’s not something that’ll pop up in my head when someone is cutting me off on the highway. "Hide the Zen." "Meditate." (Seriously??) "The price of security is insecurity" – this is something of a Harris family catchphrase, but has absolutely zero meaning to me. Reading this book versus, say, The Joy of Living is akin to the experience of going to an university-level calculus class that’s taught by the best professor in the school versus a crappy TA. A great teacher can boil really, really hard stuff down to a level that anyone can enjoy. A bad TA has you falling asleep in your chair. This book was written by the TA.
– A massive amount of this story is about how Dan Harris found Buddhism.
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