Altered Traits

Science Reveals How Meditation Changes Your Mind, Brain, and Body

by Daniel Goleman

Number of pages: 336

Publisher: Avery

BBB Library: Psychology and Strengths

ISBN: 978-0399184383



About the Author

Daniel Goleman authored the best-selling books Emotional Intelligence and Primal Leadership.

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Editorial Review

In the last twenty years, meditation and mindfulness have gone from being kind of cool to becoming an omnipresent Band-Aid for fixing everything from your weight to your relationship to your achievement level. Unveiling here the kind of cutting-edge research that has made them giants in their fields, Daniel Goleman and Richard Davidson show us the truth about what meditation can really do for us, as well as exactly how to get the most out of it.

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“Revealing the powerful ways in which meditation changes our brains and our lives, Altered Traits also tells the story of the emergence of something deep and transformative, something that Goleman and Davidson say can change your life.” – Psych Central

“Goleman and Davidson have now written a book, The Science of Meditation, in which they try to cut through the tangle of claims and promises. Their aim is to make clear what works and what doesn’t, and to explain why focusing our attention minute by minute on a single facet of consciousness (a mantra, our breath, stray thoughts) might have such a dramatic impact on our well-being and state of mind.” – New Scientist

“A remarkable collaboration between two brilliant and courageous pioneers, Altered Traits shares the scientific basis and practical realities of the remarkable impact meditation have on altering the mind. As I have personally experienced, regular meditation practice brings compassion, calm, and clarity for all of us, from beginners to experienced practitioners.”

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Wisdom to Share

We have been meditators all our adult lives, and, like Steve, know for ourselves that the practice has countless benefits.

Some of what you know about meditation may be wrong. But what is true about meditation you may not know.

We had a big idea: beyond the pleasant states meditation can produce, the real payoffs are the lasting traits that can result.

While immersed in deep concentration, a meditator’s unhealthy states are suppressed, but can emerge as strong as ever when the concentrative state subsides.

Dan saw this ancient psychology as a working model of the mind, time-tested over the course of centuries, a theory of how mental training could lead to highly positive altered traits.

A prominent goal of meditation paths in all the great spiritual traditions is a mind undisturbed.

Our vulnerability to stress-worsened diseases reflects the downside in our brain’s design.

Simply learning about compassion does not necessarily increase compassionate behavior

Ordinarily we notice something unusual just long enough to be sure it poses no threat, or simply to categorize it.

None of the many forms of meditation where originally designed to treat illnesses.

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