Ronald e purser mcmindfulness6/28/2023 Richard Payne ! Institute of Buddhist Studies "Timely and incisive. Christopher Titmuss ! author of The Political Buddha Ron Purser cuts through the comforting New Age jargon used to promote mindfulness! enabling us to distinguish between the practice and its marketing. Barry Magid ! author of What's Wrong With Mindfulness McMindfulness makes an important critique of self-centered mindfulness and points us towards a new vision for real social change. Alan Wallace ! President! Santa Barbara Institute for Consciousness Studies Far from being either a harmless form of New Age self-indulgence or meditation dressed up as a medicalized antidote to the ubiquitous stresses of modern life! Ron Purser sees the mindfulness movement as epitomizing a malignant trend of contemporary Western individualism! one that is blinding us to the social problems of inherent in neoliberalism and capitalism! providing an anodyne where what is needed is rigorous analysis and political action. Zusatztext In this insightful book! Ron Purser has evaluated the strengths and weakness of the mindfulness movement! while clearly showing the way to cultivate authentic mindfulness that liberates us from the true causes of individual and collective suffering.
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