{"product_id":"meditating-selflessly-practical-neural-zen-9780262525190","title":"Meditating Selflessly: Practical Neural Zen","description":"\u003cb\u003eA guide to Zen meditative practice informed by the latest findings in brain research.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not the usual kind of self-help book. Indeed, its major premise heeds a Zen master's advice to be \u003ci\u003eless\u003c\/i\u003e self-centered. Yes, it is \"one more book of words about Zen,\" as the author concedes, yet this book explains meditative practices from the perspective of a \"\u003ci\u003eneural\u003c\/i\u003e Zen.\" The latest findings in brain research inform its suggestions. In \u003ci\u003eMeditating Selflessly\u003c\/i\u003e, James Austin--Zen practitioner, neurologist, and author of three acclaimed books on Zen and neuroscience--guides readers toward that open awareness already awaiting them on the cushion and in the natural world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAustin offers concrete advice--often in a simplified question-and-answer format--about different ways to meditate. He clarifies both the concentrative and receptive styles of meditation. Drawing widely from the exciting new field of contemplative neuroscience, Austin helps resolve an ancient paradox: why both insight wisdom \u003ci\u003eand\u003c\/i\u003e selflessness arise simultaneously during enlightened states of consciousness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJames H. Austin, a clinical neurologist, researcher, and Zen practitioner for more than three decades, is Professor Emeritus of Neurology at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center and Courtesy Professor of Neurology at the University of Florida College of Medicine. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eZen and the Brain, Chase, Chance, and Creativity, Zen-Brain Reflections, Selfless Insight, Meditating Selflessly, and Zen-Brain Horizons, \u003c\/i\u003eall published by the MIT Press. For more information, please visit www.zenandthebrain.com.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"MIT Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51635414761746,"sku":"9780262525190","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ffdfe635-06ee-4899-88ae-db1b3cfa7d24.jpg?v=1759234171","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/meditating-selflessly-practical-neural-zen-9780262525190","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}