The subtitle to this book: Science Reveals How Meditation Changes Your Mind, Brain, and Body
Part of my seemingly neverending quest to find the "source" that will convince my teeming brain to commit to a meditation practice--this was not the source and my brain continues its path of resistance.
This is not to say that this book did not increase my understanding and value of medition as it certainly did, however, this is not a book about how to meditate, it is instead a book that compiles the evidence and body of research that exists to support the benefit of starting and maintaining a meditation practice. Easily readable and certainly does an excellent job at neutrally examining the facts and research study results.
It does a good job of explaining the Default Mode Network, the somewhat recently discovered neural network that is responsible for "telling our story", a narrative from the "I" perspective, a pathway that seems to be running on a nonstop loop. For myself, I am hoping to find the "source" that will help me to meditate in a sustainable manner that shuts down my DFM for any amount of time.