Real Happiness: The Power of Meditation: A 28-Day Program
Written by Sharon Salzberg
Narrated by Sharon Salzberg
4.5/5
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Editor's Note
Ease into a meditation practice…
Audiobooks are a great way to ease into a meditation practice, and for anyone who works best on a deadline this guide provides concrete benchmarks. The author packs this 28-day plan with everything the most practical participant needs to incorporate meditation into their lives.
Sharon Salzberg
Sharon Salzberg is a meditation pioneer, world-renowned teacher, and New York Times bestselling author. She is one of the first to bring mindfulness and lovingkindness meditation to mainstream American culture over 45 years ago, inspiring generations of meditation teachers and wellness influencers. Sharon is co-founder of The Insight Meditation Society in Barre, MA, and the author of twelve books, including the New York Times bestseller, Real Happiness, now in its second edition, and her seminal work, Lovingkindness. Her forthcoming release, Real Life: The Journey from Isolation to Openness and Freedom, is set for release in April of 2023 from Flatiron Books. Her podcast, The Metta Hour, has amassed six million downloads and features interviews with thought leaders from the mindfulness movement and beyond.
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Reviews for Real Happiness
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Coming from the heart, goes to the heart! thank you!
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5I struggled to rate this book, it's very repetitive many times the author uses the exact same text 3 times which began to wear on my nerves. Not the kind of thing that you want to happen when you're reading a book designed to increase your happiness, so I planned on rating this 2 stars, but the final quarter of the book on loving kindness was so good that I bumped it up to 3 stars. The audio extras also make the book deserving of a three star rating.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This is the best guide to meditation I have ever read, and has been of great help to me in learning to meditate. It has simple, clearcut directions on how to meditate, which is not something I have been able to find heretofore. It also has specific meditations, audio downloads, and Q/A sections that address questions about meditation, from the purely practical to the metaphysical -- like why meditate.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5DESPITE the title, it's a very useful and enlightening book. Actually, it puzzles me why authors go for such catchy titles (the same with Dan Harris's "10% Happier...", another good book), when it should have been simply "Practical Guide to Mindfulness Meditation" or even the subtitle of this book - "The Power of Meditation". Whether "real happiness" comes or not it's up to the reader and practitioner. But that's not the point. The point is that this a terrific guide to meditation. The author was mentioned in Dan Harris's book and I am glad I took notice and read it. The book comes with a CD and that was helpful too.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Excellent book by Sharon Salzberg.Two take-home messages: - Metta (Lovingkindness) meditation is powerful - A daily practice is essential.Kindle ebook includes a link to download the MP3 files for Sharon's guided meditations which are included with the book as a CD.