The joy of True Meditation: Words of Encouragement for Tired Minds and Wild Hearts

After a life of spiritual quest, the only book I met that reconciliates with life as it is and it’s mystery. No technique, no phylosophy, no dogma, only raw, absolute tenderness that has the capacity to awaken our forgotten Love for ourselves and the world.

I discovered Jeff Foster about 12 years ago with An Extraordinary Absence. Back then I had glimpses of what was mentioned in his books and in so many other teachers's books (Eckhart Tolle, Jiddu Krishnamurti, Arnaud Desjardins, Alan Watts).And then I fell asleep again. A Mum passing away, a shut down and a slow amnesia about all of these teachings. The world seems cruel again and only by controlling it will I be able to make it better. 10 years later and a realisation that I had been drifting or maybe not. The official release of this book, but a release too early for me. Another 2 years. Not ready to understand it until yesterday. A deep acceptance of ongoing disappointment one afternoon, an order on Amazon and this book in my hands.I read it pretty much the same day and realised that those 12 years that I had labelled "wasted" hadn't been wasted at all. They had to be this way.A book about yesterday and tomorrow and Now.A book whose cover even is soft to touch just like its contents.Thanks Jeff!

A number of years ago, after writing my book Liberation from the Lie, I became Facebook friends with Jeff Foster and we had a number of pleasant communications. Once I, in my view, gently made a little fun at one of his posts and he quickly unfriended me. So I thought, 'he is rather defensive for a kind of spiritual authority, teacher, or awakened person' as he implied or, to be completely fair, as his admirers probably thought. But I found his approach, somehow, uncompelling and incomplete. For reasons that are not entirely clear to me, he even contacted me by phone and I recall having a short, but pleasant conversation with him. I did think he was quite sincere at the time.So, I experimented by purchasing and reading this book. In my opinion it is an excellent and deeply insightful and appealing contribution to the growing body of literature that presents the POV of non-duality. Jeff does have a very clear and empathetic feel to his writings that ring very true to me. I can't say that he has "evolved" (kind of ridiculous) or that, perhaps, I have "evolved" (equally ridiculous), but I can say, that once the smoke of that vague past has cleared, I'm really happy that I returned to Jeff's voice. I strongly recommend this short, but incisive book.

Not just my favorite book by Jeff so far, but my favorite book. I’ve been slowly savoring this book since it first came out. A few pages at a time. It’s the book I open before sleep, to relax deeply and drop reassured into rest. It’s the book that always says just the right thing, magically knowing exactly what I need to hear to assimilate this days offerings. The concise, poetic words hold my hand as we face the uncomfortable together. Like the most compassionate, wisest friend...like whispers from my own future self.

Brilliant Jeff Foster, thank you so much for sharing. It opened my heart and made me realise the same, that i with all the spiritual teachings i read i am still searching but its all right here, right now, i am perfect exactly as i am and to just feel. It has also helped me so much in my line of work where i see so much suffering (so my mind tells me) but it is perfect actually how it is and i don't need to try and heal anyone, i just need to be the space and to listen and love. Thank you, Namaste.