No Ordinary Sky

Whether you're an absolute beginner or an experienced meditator due for a refresher, this book is for you.

The Buddha compared the mind to the sky ... No Ordinary Sky opens with a searching question about the meaning of love, and a poignant poem about the author's chaplaincy experience. Then follows an optional introduction to the most basic Buddhist teachings, followed by a set of wide ranging, scientific perspectives on meditation..

Later in three sections - building on the above fundamentals - Satyadevi combines her experience as an Alexander Technique bodywork teacher with her passion for the meditations taught by the Buddha over 2,500 years ago. The Buddha saw with pristine clarity that below the tumult of our everyday minds, lies an innate purity, a sky-like wisdom and the deepmost capacity for universal love. Every human can fulfil this promise of natural spiritual awakening.

First, in No Ordinary Sky we are led through simple, preliminary exercises. Then follow time-honoured practices to end self-induced suffering through paying urgent attention to the Buddha's teaching on the Four Foundations of Mindfulness. This training - alongside meditations on lovingkindness, compassion, joy and equanimity - can open our hearts to the deepest, most transformative love and wisdom nascent within us all. We can find our way home ... We can touch our true humanity, heal our dividedness within and sustain ourselves through the trials and tempests of modern life, helping others on the way,