Mind Space: Discovering Meditation Without the Meditator - Paperback

by Ronald Edward Purser (Author)

We are told to sit still, focus on the breath, and watch our thoughts. But what if the very act of "being mindful" is what keeps us trapped?

In Mind Space, Ronald E. Purser--author of the international bestseller McMindfulness--turns meditation inside out. Drawing inspiration from Time, Space, and Knowledge by Tibetan Buddhist master Tarthang Tulku, Purser shows that the real obstacle to awakening is not distraction but the quiet inner manager forever striving to get practice "right." Most guides promise calm or clarity if only we can perfect our technique, be mindful enough, or finally arrive in the present moment. That endless deferral, Purser argues, is the trap.

Here is a radical alternative: meditation without the meditator. Practice no longer means grinding for results--it means discovering the openness already shining through the ordinary. With vivid prose and simple, experiential exercises, Mind Space reveals how space itself--expansive, dynamic, inexhaustible--becomes our ally. The blue sky overhead, a conversation with a friend, light falling across a floor--each moment becomes a doorway into the brilliance we've been overlooking.

Whether you're weary of spiritual striving, skeptical of commodified mindfulness, or simply curious about a freer way of being, Mind Space opens a liberating vision: freedom is not a distant prize to earn. It is already here--radiant, intimate, hiding in plain sight--waiting only to be recognized.

Author Biography

Ronald E. Purser, Ph.D., is the Lam Larsen Distinguished Research Professor of Management at San Francisco State University and the internationally recognized author of McMindfulness: How Mindfulness Became the New Capitalist Spirituality, a book that sparked a global debate on the commodification of mindfulness meditation. His work has been featured in over a hundred major media outlets, including such TV shows On Contact with Chris Hedges, Redacted Tonight with Lee Camp, as well as radio interviews on the BBC, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Radio New Zealand and local public stations. His essays and opinions have appeared international news media, including The New York Times, The Guardian, Financial Times, The Nation, Salon, The Huffington Post, The Irish Times, Metro, The Standard, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Sydney Morning Herald, as well as many magazines such as Fast Company, Vice, The New Statesman, The Saturday Eve-ning Post, Truthout.org, The Telegraph, Los Angeles Review of Books, Current Affairs, and Tricycle. Purser is also a fre-quent guest on popular podcasts such as The ZDoggMD Show, The Chauncey DeVega Show, The Wright Show, and Upstream.

A long-time student of the Tibetan lama Tarthang Tulku's visionary book Time, Space, and Knowledge (TSK), Purser has been studying and practicing the teachings from this seminal book for over forty years. Today he is an instructor at Dharma College in Berkeley, California, where he leads courses and seminars on Mind Space and TSK for contemporary audiences. He lives in Pacifica, California.