Approaching Mindfulness from the Second Door of Perception by Richard B Rosse MD ISBN B0DJMTJP97 instant download

Approaching Mindfulness from the Second Door of Perception by Richard B Rosse MD ISBN B0DJMTJP97 instant download

In 1953, the English author and philosopher Aldous Huxley obtained the psychedelic mescaline and wrote of the experience in his book “Doors of Perception.” These writings are relevant to the subject of "Mindfulness.” Under the influence of mescaline, Huxley wrote he was briefly able to see things as “one ought to see, how things really are.” We briefly perceive the world without the automatic, reactive cognitive " filters,” e.g., words, thoughts, emotions, evaluations, and critical judgments that typically contaminate our clearer, cleaner perceptions of the world. He was one of the first Western philosophers and writers to describe Eastern meditative practices and beliefs and write about what we now call a "mindful mindset.” This book uses Huxley's writing in “Doors of Perception” as a springboard to help the reader better understand mindfulness in its modern context as utilized by mental health practitioners worldwide as an important adjunct to modern psychotherapy and psychiatric treatments. Dr. Rosse has a long history of being a teacher and academic psychiatrist who has used diagrams and illustrations in the past to help communicate medical ideas to students and patients alike; this book contains over two dozen medical diagrams illustrations, and summary tables to help the reader better understand mindfulness practice and its daily application and to approach a mindful mindset/meditative attitude more easily.