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Mindfulness in Plain English: 20th Annivers...

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Highly recommended guide to meditation. Best I’ve read so far on how to meditate well and deal with set backs; #The Book Club 📚  Mindfulness in Plain English: 20th Annivers... Mindfulness in Plain English: 20th Anniversary Edition  by Henepola Gunaratana  1,145 customer reviews  Learn more  “A masterpiece.”  —Jon Kabat-Zinn    Since Mindfulness in Plain English was first published in 1994, it has become one of the bestselling — and most  influential — books in the field of mindfulness. It’s easy to see why.    Author Bhante Gunaratana, a renowned meditation master, takes us step by step through the myths, realities, and  benefits of meditation and the practice of mindfulness. The book showcases Bhante’s trademark clarity and wit, as he explores the tool of meditation, what it does, and how to make it work.    This expanded edition includes the complete text of its predecessor along with a new chapter on cultivating loving  kindness, an especially important topic in today’s world. For anyone who is new to meditation, this is a great  resource for learning how to live a more productive and peaceful life. http://a.co/7N3PT4u

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Love this quote - 

“Discipline” is a difficult word for most of us. It conjures up images of somebody standing over you with a stick, telling you that you’re wrong. But self-discipline is different. It’s the skill of seeing through the hollow shouting of your own impulses and piercing their secret. They have no power over you. It’s all a show, a deception. Your urges scream and bluster at you; they cajole; they coax; they threaten; but they really carry no stick at all. You give in out of habit. You give in because you never really bother to look beyond the threat. It is all empty back there. There is only one way to learn this lesson, though. The words on this page won’t do it. But look within and watch the stuff coming up — restlessness, anxiety, impatience, pain — just watch it come up and don’t get involved. Much to your surprise, it will simply go away. It rises, it passes away. As simple as that. There is another word for self-discipline. It is patience.

Love this quote -   “Discipline” is a difficult word for most of us. It conjures up images of somebody standing over you with a stick, telling you that you’re wrong. But self-discipline is different. It’s the skill of seeing through the hollow shouting of your own impulses and piercing their secret. They have no power over you. It’s all a show, a deception. Your urges scream and bluster at you; they cajole; they coax; they threaten; but they really carry no stick at all. You give in out of habit. You give in because you never really bother to look beyond the threat. It is all empty back there. There is only one way to learn this lesson, though. The words on this page won’t do it. But look within and watch the stuff coming up — restlessness, anxiety, impatience, pain — just watch it come up and don’t get involved. Much to your surprise, it will simply go away. It rises, it passes away. As simple as that. There is another word for self-discipline. It is patience.

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