'Uncontrived Mindfulness' is a fresh and comprehensive guide to awareness of how the mind shapes experience. The Buddha emphasized that happiness is found through understanding the mind rather than getting caught up in sense experience. This simple yet radical shift is key to a relaxed and uncontrived way of practising. Freedom comes from uniting right view and mindfulness.
A deep dive into the practice of exploring our experience as it happens, Vajradevi’s emphasis is on cultivating wisdom, using the tools of attention, curiosity and discernment to recognize and see through the delusion that is causing our suffering.
Vajradevi is a warm and insightful guide to this exploration, drawing on her intensive and wide-ranging practice of satipaṭṭhāna meditation. The clear explanations and instructions are amplified by Vajradevi’s personal accounts, charting her uncompromising voyage into self-discovery. Guided meditations are included.
Introduction
1. The Natural State of Awareness
2. How We Are Aware
3. Watching Good TV: What We Are Aware Of
4. A Dharma Perspective: How the Buddha Would Have Thought
5. The Cycle of Suffering
6. A Universe Within: Working with Thoughts
7. Encouraging the Wisdom Mind
8. Uncontrived Mindfulness: Bringing It All Together
