The Misleading Mind: How We Create Our Own Problems and How Buddhist Psychology Can Help Us Solve Them

Karuna Cayton

Feb 2012 · New World Library

About this ebook

Buddhism asserts that we each have the potential to free ourselves from the prison of our problems. As practiced for more than twenty-six hundred years, the process involves working with, rather than against, our depression, anxiety, and compulsions. We do this by recognizing the habitual ways our minds perceive and react — the way they mislead. The lively exercises and inspiring real-world examples Cayton provides can help you transform intractable problems and neutralize suffering by cultivating a radically liberating self-understanding.

About the author

Psychotherapist Karuna Cayton is the founder of the Karuna Group, a practice in Soquel, California, dedicated to applying Buddhist psychology's universal principles to transform mental well-being and improve organizational cultures. Cayton spent thirteen years in a Buddhist monastery in Nepal. Now, Cayton’s clients include top executives from firms like Aruba Networks, 3Com, Martin Land Company, and OnStor. His work with Dominic Orr, CEO of Aruba Networks, was featured in the November 2007 issue of Fortune. In addition, Cayton is an active participant in the global Buddhist community, serving as a member of the board and sanctioned teacher of the FPMT, a large Buddhist organization with over 130 centers worldwide. His website is www.thekarunagroup.com.