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True Freedom: A Beginner's Meditation Guide to an Easier Life by Amanda Rex begins with wise advice: “With meditation, it helps to dip your toe in first.” This book introduces meditation as more of a mindset of attentiveness that can be applied, rather than relating to the activity itself. After a thorough discussion on the benefits that can be expected, Amanda talks about meditating while doing the day’s chores - moving meditation. Sitting meditation, or I am freaking out meditation, are only some of the convenient styles presented in this rather holistic guide covering many of its facets. A good set of FAQs is included, which can allay much of our fears about its principle and practice.
I think True Freedom: A Beginner's Meditation Guide to an Easier Life by Amanda Rex is written with a Doubting Thomas in mind. It contains a good set of discussions specifying what constitutes meditation and what doesn’t. By bringing simple daily activities into the realm of meditation, she in fact, opens the doors wide, making one's entry into the areas of mental discipline and control rather easy. The deliberations about the multitudes of benefits is another attraction. Her last point is the best of all: “The common misconception is that we become more resilient by toughening up, but it’s really through softening and letting down our guard that we find our inner strength and fortitude.” This book presents meditation appropriately to enable one and all in seeking and achieving that goal.
