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Arte de cultivar la atención, El

Arte de cultivar la atención, El in Bloomington, MN
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La distracción no es un problema nuevo, ni somos los primeros en quejarnos de lo difícil que es concentrarse. Para los monjes cristianos primitivos, esta era una realidad con la que tenían que lidiar día a día. Habían optado por renunciar a todo para consagrar sus vidas a Dios, pero los demonios de la distracción se interponían entre ellos y su meta. En lugar de resignarse a la divagación de sus mentes, desarrollaron poderosas estrategias para mejorar su atención y compromiso. El arte de cultivar la atención es una recopilación de sus sorprendentes y sagaces consejos. Esta obra recoge la sabiduría de las Colaciones de Juan Casiano, un monje de la Antigüedad tardía que entrevistó a los monjes más experimentados de su época, los Padres del Desierto, para descubrir cómo fortalecer la mente. En respuesta, estos sabios ofrecen una variedad de técnicas para aumentar la concentración, que incluyen establecer objetivos, entrenar el cuerpo, gestionar la memoria, usar mantras, tomar descansos, consultar a otros y, sobre todo, ser honesto con uno mismo. Con la cuidada y oportuna selección de Jamie Kreiner, esta nueva traducción pone a disposición de los lectores actuales la sabiduría de un texto milenario que tiene mucho que decir sobre la naturaleza de la mente y el arte de la atención.
Distraction isn’t a new problem. We’re also not the first to complain about how hard it is to concentrate. Early Christian monks beat us to it. They had given up everything to focus on God, yet they still struggled to keep the demons of distraction at bay. But rather than surrender to the meandering of their minds, they developed powerful strategies to improve their attention and engagement. How to Focus is an inviting collection of their strikingly relatable insights and advice-frank, funny, sympathetic, and psychologically sophisticated. This wisdom is drawn from John Cassian’s fifth-century CE Collationes, one of the most influential manuals for monks from late antiquity. The Collationes follow Cassian and his friend Germanus as they travel around Egypt, asking a series of sage monks how they can make their minds stronger. In response, these monks offer a range of techniques for increasing focus, including setting goals, training the body, managing the memory, using mantras, taking breaks, consulting others-and, most of all, being honest about yourself. As Cassian and Germanus eventually realize, we can’t escape distraction-but we can learn how to confront it and, eventually, to concentrate. Featuring an engaging new translation by Jamie Kreiner and the original Latin on facing pages, How to Focus can help even the least monkish of us to train our attention on what matters most.
Distraction isn’t a new problem. We’re also not the first to complain about how hard it is to concentrate. Early Christian monks beat us to it. They had given up everything to focus on God, yet they still struggled to keep the demons of distraction at bay. But rather than surrender to the meandering of their minds, they developed powerful strategies to improve their attention and engagement. How to Focus is an inviting collection of their strikingly relatable insights and advice-frank, funny, sympathetic, and psychologically sophisticated. This wisdom is drawn from John Cassian’s fifth-century CE Collationes, one of the most influential manuals for monks from late antiquity. The Collationes follow Cassian and his friend Germanus as they travel around Egypt, asking a series of sage monks how they can make their minds stronger. In response, these monks offer a range of techniques for increasing focus, including setting goals, training the body, managing the memory, using mantras, taking breaks, consulting others-and, most of all, being honest about yourself. As Cassian and Germanus eventually realize, we can’t escape distraction-but we can learn how to confront it and, eventually, to concentrate. Featuring an engaging new translation by Jamie Kreiner and the original Latin on facing pages, How to Focus can help even the least monkish of us to train our attention on what matters most.