Ronald Purser – författare

We are told to sit still, focus on the breath, and watch our thoughts. But what if the very act of "e;beingmindful is what keeps us trapped?In Mind Space, Ronald E. Purser author of the international bestseller McMindfulness turnsmeditation inside out. Drawing inspiration from Time, Space, and Knowledge by Tibetan Buddhistmaster Tarthang Tulku, Purser shows that the real obstacle to awakening is not distraction but the quietinner manager forever striving to get practice right. Most guides promise calm or clarity if only wecan perfect our technique, be mindful enough, or finally arrive in the present moment. That endlessdeferral, Purser argues, is the trap. Here is a radical alternative: meditation without the meditator. Practice no longer means grinding forresults it means discovering the openness already shining through the ordinary. With vivid prose andsimple, experiential exercises, Mind Space reveals how space itself expansive, dynamic,inexhaustible becomes our ally. The blue sky overhead, a conversation with a friend, light fallingacross a floor each moment becomes a doorway into the brilliance we ve been overlooking. Whether you re weary of spiritual striving, skeptical of commodified mindfulness, or simply curiousabout a freer way of being, Mind Space opens a liberating vision: freedom is not a distant prize to earn. It is already here radiant, intimate, hiding in plain sight waiting only to be recognized.

What does it mean when the U.S. Marine Corps co-opts a so-called peaceful practice like mindfulness? Ronald Purser applies a Buddhist critique to the mindfulness movement, calling out its takeover by the corporate machine.Mindfulness is now all the rage. From endorsements by celebrities, to monks, neuroscientists, and meditation coaches rubbing shoulders with CEOs at the World Economic Forum in Davos, it is clear that mindfulness has gone mainstream. Some have called it a revolution. The evangelical promotion of mindfulness as a panacea for all that ails us has begun to give way to a backlash, with questions arising whether its claims for achieving happiness, wellbeing and career success have been over-sold. Expanding on his influential essay Beyond McMindfulness, Ronald Purser debunks the so-called "mindfulness revolution", arguing its proponents have reduced mindfulness to a self-help technique that fits snugly into a consumerist culture complicit with Western materialistic values. In a lively and razor-sharp critique of mindfulness as it has been enthusiastically co-opted by corporations, public schools, and the U.S. military, Purser explains why such programs inevitably fall short of their revolutionary potential. Simply paying attention to the present moment while resting snugly in our private bubbles is no mindfulness revolution. Mindfulness has become the new capitalist spirituality, a disciplined myopia, that mindlessly ignores the need for social and political change.