Unlearning Meditation: What to Do When the Instructions Get in the Way, by Jason Siff

(240 pp., Shambhala Publications, 2010)

In this refreshing approach to meditation practice, Jason Siff invites us to “unlearn” meditation as a way to bring more ease and acceptance to all our experience. He offers us a kind of Theravadan dzogchen, advising us to let go of the meditation formulas and techniques and simply open to the display of our inner experience. Unlearning Meditation is an extremely valuable contribution to our emerging Western dharma.

From the Fall 2010 issue of Inquiring Mind (Vol. 27, No. 1)

© 2010 Wes Nisker

Wes “Scoop” Nisker is an author, radio commentator, Buddhist meditation teacher and performer. His books include the national bestseller Essential Crazy Wisdom (Ten Speed Press, 2001). His CDs, DVDs, books and teaching schedule are available at www.wesnisker.com, where he also continues to publish blog posts. Nisker cofounded Inquiring Mind in 1984.