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The best book on meditation….by Lawrence LeShan

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/271249.How_to_Meditate

This book is by Lawrence Le Shan.I’ve had mine many many years.Since then it’s become much more popular and there are hundreds of books on it…I also admire LeShan’s other writing and his work.I used his meditation when travelling alone on a train to a funeral many years ago.

You can find out more  about  him here.He worked with cancer patients.I read his book on that when I thought I might have it.He seemed to feel that  if you lead an uncongenial life to please your parents or others and  do not follow your own inner callings you are more likely to get it.He’s a fascinating man.His wife is interesting too and very bold in her thinking..Eda LeShan.

Other good authors on this topic are Patricia Carrington [General discussion and warnings   about excessive meditating]  and Hubert Benson [Relaxation Response.].

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Vocation
vo·ca·tion  (v-kshn)

n.

1. A regular occupation, especially one for which a person is particularly suited or qualified.
2. An inclination, as if in response to a summons, to undertake a certain kind of work, especially a religious career; a calling.
[Middle English vocacioun, divine call to a religious life, from Old French vocation, from Latin vocti, voctin-, a calling, from voctus, past participle of vocre, to call; see wekw- in Indo-European roots.]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

vocation [vəʊˈkeɪʃən]

n

1. a specified occupation, profession, or trade
2.

a.  a special urge, inclination, or predisposition to a particular calling or career, esp a religious one
b.  such a calling or career

[from Latin vocātiō a calling, from vocāre to call]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003

ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun 1. vocation - the particular occupation for which you are trainedvocation – the particular occupation for which you are trained

job, line of work, occupation, business, line – the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money; “he’s not in my line of business”
specialism, specialization, specialty, speciality, specialisation – the special line of work you have adopted as your career; “his specialization is gastroenterology”
lifework – the principal work of your career
walk of life, walk – careers in general; “it happens in all walks of life”
business life, professional life – a career in industrial or commercial or professional activities
2. vocation – a body of people doing the same kind of work

body – a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity; “the whole body filed out of the auditorium”; “the student body”; “administrative body”
profession – the body of people in a learned occupation; “the news spread rapidly through the medical profession”; “they formed a community of scientists”
press corps – a group of journalists representing different publications who all cover the same topics; “the White House press corps”