명상도서관

명상도서관

Why Even Bother? The Importance of Motivation 자세히보기
  • 자료유형학술지논문
  • 저자명Kabat-Zinn, J.
  • 학회/출판사/기관명Springer Science and Business Media
  • 출판년도2015
  • 언어영어
  • 학술지명/학위논문주기Mindfulness
  • 발행사항Vol.6No.3[2015]_x000D_
  • ISBN/ISSN1868-8527
  • 소개/요약If, from the meditative perspective, everything you are seeking is already here, even if it is difficult to wrap your thinking mind around that concept, if there really is no need to acquire anything or attain anything or improve yourself, if you are already whole and complete and by that same virtue so is the world, then why on earth bother meditating? Why would we want to cultivate mindfulness in the first place? And why use particular methods and techniques, if they are all in the service of not getting anywhere anyway, and when, moreover, I’ve just finished saying that methods and techniques are not the whole of it anyway?The answer is that as long as the meaning of “everything you are seeking is already here” is only a concept, it is only a concept, just another nice thought. Being merely a thought, it is extremely limited in its capacity for transforming you, for manifesting the truth the statement is pointing to, and ultimately changing the way you carry yourself and act in the ...