Meditation Without Bullshit: A Guide for Rational Men

by Aaron S. Elias

Through meditation you can dramatically improve your well-being. Yet, the way it is commonly taught can be very off-putting if you are an analytical or even skeptical person. Instead of clear instructions, you get exposed to fantasy constructs such as chakras or the third eye. Instead of precise technical instruction, people distract you with gongs and incense sticks. Consequently, the core of meditation often has to be carefully extracted by each student. What is worse, some get misguided and meditate in a highly inefficient manner for years. Others dismiss meditation altogether as a consequence. As an antidote, Aaron S. Elias presents Meditation Without Bullshit. This book distills more than twenty years of personal practice, including years of teaching meditation. It focuses on principles and methods. It furthermore gives practical guidance, justifies recommended methods, and provides you with a detailed roadmap for your own meditative practice. In addition, Meditation Without Bullshit highlights misguided approaches to meditation.

134 pages, Paperback

Published November 24, 2017

Reviews

[Ludwik C. Siadlak · Rating 1 out of 5]

Dropped the book about a half way through. Till that point the author didn't share any insights on meditation other than how cool and skilled he is and how he can sit in lotus pose and many others. This first half should be renamed to Bullshit without meditation.

[Gregj · Rating 3 out of 5]

One of the hardest parts of meditation for me is stopping all the constant random thoughts from distracting me. The one concept from the book that is really helping me is the idea that for these thoughts you "View it like a picture. Then drop it. You can do this with any kind of thought that enters your mind while meditating." Instead of dropping, I visualize hitting the delete button on a computer. It may sound crazy but it's working.