Rasgos Alterados / Altered Traits

En los timos veinte a隳s, la meditaci鏮 y la atenci鏮 plena se han convertido en una especie de soluci鏮 para todo, tanto para bajar de peso como para mejorar las relaciones personales o para lograr mayor eficiencia. Pero, qu?hay de realidad en esto? De qu?manera se distorsionan datos para vender m彋odos de entrenamiento mental? Qu?pueden ofrecernos verdaderamente las t嶰nicas de meditaci鏮? C鏔o obtener el mayor beneficio para nuestra mente, nuestro cerebro y nuestro cuerpo?.

En este libro se describen las investigaciones m嫳 avanzadas sobre el tema, que aplicadas a desarrollar una variedad m嫳 amplia de pr塶ticas permitir嫕 lograr los mejores resultados. No obstante, para alcanzar ese alt疄imo nivel de transformaci鏮 positiva no bastan peque鎙s dosis diarias de meditaci鏮. Es necesaria una dedicaci鏮 prolongada, que incluye ingredientes fundamentales -como la gu燰 experta de un maestro y una actitud de menor apego al "yo"- que las versiones de entrenamiento mental m嫳 difundidas pasan por alto.

Con el objetivo de erradicar las falsas ideas y la neuromitolog燰, Daniel Goleman y Richard Davidson nos muestran que -m嫳 all?de los estados placenteros que los ejercicios mentales provocan- el aut幯tico resultado beneficioso de estas pr塶ticas reside en que de ellas pueden surgir rasgos perdurables de la personalidad. Y nos invitan a imaginar qu?suceder燰 si, transformando nuestra mente, mejoraran no solo nuestra salud y nuestro bienestar, sino tambi幯 los de nuestra comunidad y los del mundo entero.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

Two New York Times-bestselling authors unveil new research showing what meditation can really do for the brain.

In the last twenty years, meditation and mindfulness have gone from being kind of cool to becoming an omnipresent Band-Aid for fixing everything from your weight to your relationship to your achievement level. Unveiling here the kind of cutting-edge research that has made them giants in their fields, Daniel Goleman and Richard Davidson show us the truth about what meditation can really do for us, as well as exactly how to get the most out of it.

Sweeping away common misconceptions and neuromythology to open readers' eyes to the ways data has been distorted to sell mind-training methods, the authors demonstrate that beyond the pleasant states mental exercises can produce, the real payoffs are the lasting personality traits that can result. But short daily doses will not get us to the highest level of lasting positive change--even if we continue for years--without specific additions. More than sheer hours, we need smart practice, including crucial ingredients such as targeted feedback from a master teacher and a more spacious, less attached view of the self, all of which are missing in widespread versions of mind training. The authors also reveal the latest data from Davidson's own lab that point to a new methodology for developing a broader array of mind-training methods with larger implications for how we can derive the greatest benefits from the practice.

Exciting, compelling, and grounded in new research, this is one of those rare books that has the power to change us at the deepest level.