2y ago

In The Power Of Now it explains how to focus on the Now. This feels very similar to meditation?

As per title, focusing on Now feels very similar to mindful meditation where you focus on current sensations to stay in the now. Is there a difference I'm missing?

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Other than terminology, no.
For some people the term meditation has religious overtones that does not sit well with them so psychologists will often teach the practise without using the term to avoid negative reactions from people who have other faiths.
- Thanks! I've stopped the book half way, I couldn't continue. Too much ego indeed. Also the stuff about molecules changing if you live in the Now and living longer was absurd.
Sounds like vipassana meditation.
We basically have 2 kinds of meditation.
In the first (concentration) we pick a piece of the now and hold our attention upon that.
In the second (vipassana) we do that to the whole now, without choosing any particular part.