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Focused and Fearless: A Meditator's Guide to States of Deep Joy, Calm, and Clarity by [Catherine, Shaila]

Focused and Fearless: A Meditator's Guide to States of Deep Joy, Calm, and Clarity Kindle Edition

by Shaila Catherine (Author)

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With this accesssible guide, meditators (and non-meditators) can understand how to attain extraordinary states with relative ease. Blended with contemporary examples and pragmatic "how to" instructions that anyone can try, Focused and Fearless provides a wealth of tools to cultivate non-distracted attention in daily life and on retreat. Shaila Catherine has a friendly, wise approach to the meditative states (jhanas) that lead to liberating insight.

Focused and Fearless is about much more than merely meditation or concentration. It offers a complete path towards bliss, fearlessness, and true awakening.

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File Size: 1061 KB
Print Length: 284 pages
Publisher: Wisdom Publications (May 10, 2008)
Publication Date: May 10, 2008
Sold by: Amazon Digital Services LLC
Language: English
ASIN: B003XF1LJ8
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Michael R Gottschalk

For me it was like a travel log to the amazing places you can ...

January 10, 2018

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This was a remarkable book for me. I have read mostly books that are intended for the novice meditator and they have been very helpful in establishing my practice. This book was intended for the advanced meditators which I am working to become.
The author takes you through the levels of Jhana which are the levels you go through when closer to enlightenment. For me it was like a travel log to the amazing places you can go in the deeper levels of meditation. Because the author’s descriptions are so detailed and thorough I imagined myself in those places. I felt that I tasted some of these states as the author guided me through with incredible detail as only from someone who has been there and probably resides in these wonderful states.

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J French

Focused and Fearless has the most useful descriptions of the inner states many experience during meditation.

December 31, 2013

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Shaila Catherine's "Focused and Fearless" was a centrally important book in the development of my understanding and practice of meditation starting back in 2010 when I first read it. It was the first time I had read candid and detailed personal descriptions of deep meditative states similar to what I (like many of my friends) had serendipitously stumbled upon when I first began practicing meditation (some 40 years earlier in my case).

When I would get up the nerve to mention these states of sometimes overwhelming delight, deep happiness, and abiding peace, meditation teachers would consistently caution me not to get attached to these experiences, as if there was something bad or maybe dangerous about having them. But I didn't know any teachers who seemed to really understand and be comfortable with these states. Similarly, when I talked about this with fellow meditators, many seemed to have had similar experiences, but still no one really seemed to know what they meant or how to work with them.

I now liken those early explorations in meditation to strolling around on a beautiful mountainside with interesting and charming springs, flora, and fauna, but without having a map or knowing anything about the natural history of the area. Metaphorically, the discovery of "Focused and Fearless" was for me, after 40 years of searching, a map and a natural history, giving me a vocabulary and descriptions of territory I had already come to love and appreciate in my own feeble way. Shaila Catherine's book taught me to understand the ecosystem, and showed ways I could protect, support, and nurture this inner world. I also learned how these states could be useful in helping me to (at least temporarily) loosen the grip of greed, hatred, and delusion in my life, and to recognize the transient nature of all things, including who I am.

I whole-heartedly recommend "Focused and Fearless" to anyone who is drawn to deepening their meditation practice. This book, coupled with Richard Shankman's "The Experience of Samadhi" (and especially the interview with Jack Kornfield), was thoroughly transformative for me.

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PenNameWilliam

A Meditation Road Map for the Mind.... Destination....Freedom

January 3, 2012

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Shaila Catherine explains exactly what to look for, what to do, how to do it, and why.....with no added fluff. This book has helped mature my practice from years of a loosey, goosey, "bring your attention to the breath then gently bring it back when it wanders" kind of thing to one of true intention and focus. I now clearly discern three qualities of concentration. I see a distinct connection to the start middle and end of each breath, a developing and sustaining of that connection to more and more detail, and at the same time a focusing to a finer and finer point. When my mind wanders I see exactly which of these has faded and can clearly apply the 'right effort' to bring it back. My biggest challenge now is deciding whether to dwell in the joy and calm that have arisen or to focus even more to move toward the deeper states she describes.

While this book does deal with relatively advanced topics the first half is very suitable for both newish meditators and anyone serious about deepening practice. It is a book to be done rather than just read. Though the focus is concentration (shamatha), she never ignores the insights (vipassana) that are the real point of it all. The jhana states described in the latter half still elude me but reading about them in the words of one who has clearly been there serves as a signpost, a billboard, to where I am heading. This inspiration alone is priceless.

Reading this book is a constant reminder that FREEDOM IS TRULY POSSIBLE.

How can my heart/mind thank her enough for writing this clear guide to the neighborhood? I feel sure she would say.....Practicing is exactly enough....

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Bill

book has deepened my meditation practice considerably

profoundly helpful material that has transformed my meditation practice, especially when I read any section beforehand. It is in my top 5 books on meditation, currently at #2.

Published 7 days ago

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Very detailed and pragmatic.

This is an excellent book on meditation with practical steps and detailed explanations. It will take me a couple of years to do all that, it's a lot of work!

Published 3 months ago

My wife loves this book!

Published 1 year ago

Israel J. Lavi

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wonderful book. very practical and inviting to the meditators and those who seek a practice

Published 1 year ago

Michael Browning

Five Stars

One of the best guides on mediation I've ever read.

Published on July 18, 2016

Monkey

My favorite.

Without a doubt, my favorite book on meditation. Her writing style is so extraordinarily captivating and interesting.Read more

Published on April 14, 2016

Dor Konforty

Focused and Fearless delivers on the promise of teaching how to do insight work on the basis of jhana -- and more

I wrote this as an email to Shaila, and I believe it fits here as a review as well as that it may help others discover the qualities this book has to offer.Read more

Published on February 14, 2016

nirz07

I love the writing as well

Very, very helpful for practice. Very detailed. I love the writing as well. Very soothing and easy; none of the academia tone found in similar books.

Published on November 7, 2015

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