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Guided Meditations For Difficult Times (2010)

by Jack Kornfield(Favorite Author)

4.34 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1591799279 (ISBN13: 9781591799276)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Sounds True Inc

review 1: This is exactly what I needed right now...."The real tragedy is when we refuse to acknowledge and respect our own suffering and instead spread it unconsciously to others.""If you judge yourself against some impossible ideal of how you think you "should" be feeling and acting as you struggle, you'll only add to your suffering""But how can we find this "one who knows" in the midst of our overwhelming difficulties? Go to the mirror. Look at your face. You will see someone who looks older than you looked several years ago, although inside you don't feel any older. This is because it is only your body that has aged. The timeless awareness through which you see your body is the one who knows. Your body is only a temporary vessel for this awareness. It is a physical container for... more the undying consciousness of the one who knows". "As Albert Camus wrote: We all carry within us our places of exile, our crimes, our ravages, But our task is not to unleash them on the world, it is to fight them in ourselves and others.""And remember that you do not simply carry the lamp; you yourself are the lamp. Carry it so that others see with clarity and compassion even in the deepest darkness"."For it is in this deep attention that brings healing. As a human being , this what you're supposed to be doing. Your experience of being human in this way-opening to ten thousand sorrows and joys of yourself and others-becomes a kind of salvation"."Who is your enemy?" asks Buddha. "Mind is your enemy. No one can harm you more than your own mind untamed. And who is your friend? Mind is your friend. No one can help you more than your own mind, wisely trained- not even your own mother and father".
review 2: I had the privilege of attending a meditation retreat led by Jack Kornfield a few years back and I've always been impressed with his wisdom, humility and kindness. And in this book, his depth of experience in his own spiritual study and longtime meditation practice, are apparent in the authenticity and value of his teachings. In a time when so many profess to be spiritual teachers or gurus, this man is the real thing; though of course, he'd be the last to say that. less

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