The Miracle of Mindfulness

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1. joseferbenOct 2024
   excellent article!

   one of my favorite books about this that i can not recommend enough is “the miracle of mindfulness” by thich nhat hanh.

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2. gwintrobOct 2024
   Great read. Reminds me of "The Miracle of Mindfulness"
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3. wurpSep 2019
   Meditation. Download a free 20-minute guided meditation and do it every day. Maybe at some point read "The Miracle of Mindfulness" by Thich Nhat Hanh.

   I can provide a good guided breathing meditation on request.

   Meditation will help you be calm and focused. It will help you recognize and work through emotions with a minimum of harm to yourself or others.

   I'm definitely not advocating self-immolation, but the same training that let monks sit calmly as they burned to death in the 60s (in an attempt to call attention to the horrifying war in Vietnam) will definitely help you deal with your breakup, illness, work troubles, or loss of a loved one.

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4. vbstevenMay 2018
   * Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance - Robert M. Pirsig

   * The miracle of mindfulness - Thich Nhat Hanh

   * Letters from a stoic - Seneca

   * Amusing ourselves to death (Neil Postman) (combined with 1984 by Orwell and Brave New World by Huxley)

   * Zen mind, beginner's mind - Shunryu Suzuki

   * Walden - Henry David Thoreau

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5. bprovenFeb 2018
   Sounds a lot like Thich Nhat Hanh's approach (Miracle of Mindfulness) :)

   While washing the dishes one should only be washing the dishes, which means that while washing the dishes one should be completely aware of the fact that one is washing the dishes. At first glance this might seem a little silly: why put so much stress on a simple thing? But that's precisely the point. The fact that I am standing there and washing these bowls is a wondrous reality. I'm being completely myself, following my breath, conscious of my presence, and conscious of my thoughts and actions. There's no way I can be tossed around mindlessly like a bottle slapped here and there on the waves.

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6. Anand_SJun 2017
   1. The One Thing. ~ Gary Keller 2. Mini Habits. ~ Stephen Guise 3. Learned Optimism. ~ Martin Seligman 4. Spark. ~ John Ratey 5. Miracle of Mindfulness. ~ Thich nhat hanh
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