Editorial Reviews 
Book Description  
A comprehensive guide to meditation for people of all faiths, from the best-selling author of God Is a Verb. The only complete nonsectarian guide to meditation, A Heart of Stillness is a comprehensive guidebook to its basic principles and practices. By showing the way to what mystics have experienced for thousands of years, David Cooper's accessible, clear advice provides invaluable guidance both for students already studying with a meditation teacher, and for those who want to develop a meditative practice on their own. Drawing from the wisdom of the world's great spiritual traditions, Cooper teaches basic meditative principles and practices to lead us onto the path of self-discovery. 

Synopsis  
A primer of spiritual practice and a comprehensive guidebook to the basic principles of inner work, including purification, concentration, effort, and mastery. 

The author, david a. cooper , January 4, 2000 
Meditation practices East & West 
While most books on meditation are focused on a particular type of practice, A Heart of Stillness is one of the few that describes various types of meditation as well as different ways to work with the mind states that can arise in the meditative process. It integrates East and West in a way that helps practitioners utilize techniques from a variety of traditions, including the root tradition in which they may have been raised. As an eclectic guide, this book is really useful for beginners and advanced meditators as well. I continue to use it in my own practice... best wishes, david a. cooper 

About the Author  
David A. Cooper has studied mysticism for thirty years. His main practice has been spiritual retreats and meditation in a number of traditions including Sufi, Vipassana, Kabbalah, and Zen. Cooper is the award winning author of many books including the Publishers Weekly best-seller God is a Verb (Riverhead 1998) as well as Silence Simplicity & Solitude: A Complete Guide to Spiritual Retreat (SkyLight Paths, 1999).