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Reddit mentions of Asperger's Syndrome and Mindfulness: Taking Refuge in the Buddha
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| Release date | December 2008 |
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It helps me to accept the things I don't like about having Autism so I can focus on the positives. It has helped give me a sense of peace with life and all of the suffering in the world. Buddhism just seemed to make sense to me from the moment I first heard about it. It allows me to be comfortable with who I am as a human rather than an oddball with a label.
Check this book out! It will help
Also, try to visit a temple or monastery if you haven't yet. You can gain a lot of wisdom from a good teacher.
~Peace
Theravada Buddhist here. My primary methods are mindfulness of breathing and metta (sometimes called lovingkindnesss) meditation. I also practice walking meditation on retreats.
Meditation, from my perspective, is really the cultivation of particular states. Broadly, these states can be divided into two types: states of calm and states of insight into the nature of experience. Different meditation techniques develop one or both of these, and gaining skill at one tends to lead to getting skill in the other.
As far as an Aspie-friendly method, it would really depend on how Aspergers manifests for them. Fortunately, there are lots of methods.
There is one book on the topic I'm aware of, also from a Buddhist perspective. Asperger's Syndrome and Mindfulness