Product Description

Yes, there actually is a way to let everything become your teacher, to let life itself, and everything that unfolds within it, the “full catastrophe” of the human condition in the words of Zorba the Greek, shape your ongoing development and maturation. Millions have followed this path to greater sanity, balance, and well-being, often in the face of huge stress, pain, uncertainty, sorrow, and illness.

In his landmark book, Full Catastrophe Living, Jon Kabat-Zinn shared this innovative approach, known as mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR), with the world. Now, in this companion volume, 100 pointers from that groundbreaking work have been carefully selected to inspire you to embrace what is deepest and best and most beautiful in yourself.

Whether you are trying to learn patience, cope with pain, deal with the enormous stress and challenges of the age we live in, improve your relationships, or free yourself from destructive emotions, thoughts, and behaviors, these deceptively simple meditations will remind you that you have deep inner resources to draw upon, the most important of which is the present moment itself. Regardless of your age or whether you are familiar with the healing power of mindfulness, this insightful, inspirational guide will help you to honor, embrace, learn from, and grow into each moment of your life.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #18984 in Books
• Published on: 2009-04-28
• Released on: 2009-04-28
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 152 pages

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• ISBN13: 9780385343237
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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About the Author
Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D., is the founding director of the Stress Reduction Clinic and the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, as well as professor of medicine emeritus. He lives in the Boston area. Hor Tuck Loon has been guiding meditation for the past twenty years, drawing parallels from many ancient wisdom teachings and also from his years of experience in the journey of mindfulness. He lives in Malaysia.

Customer Reviews

So Simple You Wouldn't Believe How Simple It Is!
Author Jon Kabat-Zinn has served up simple, down-to-earth guidelines to help us be mindful. Sounds easy, doesn't it? In this day and age when the speed of life moves at a breakneck pace, one needs to reclaim a sense of observation lest we miss it all - the whole point to it. //Letting Everything Become Your Teacher// invites us with 100 short, inspiring verses to do just that. Used with a practice of daily meditation where one pushes away all the outer world's chaos and distractions, thereby creating a sacred space and a receptive state of consciousness, we can teach ourselves to live in the moment. Far too much of the time, we wish away our lives, telling ourselves when we achieve this particular thing, or that particular thing, that then, and only then will all the pieces of our lives fall into place perfectly and we'll attain that life we've always hoped for. Wouldn't it be nice if we could appreciate the life we have right now, in this present moment? Instead of placating ourselves with empty promises, disappointments, pipedreams, and setting goals so lofty we can't help but fail and fall short of? If we can teach ourselves to be mindful, to turn down the volume of the noisy, intruding world we live in, and glean precious moments as we live within them, we can actually enjoy the journey of life.
Being mindful can help you with any number of aggravations that trouble you at one time or another, such as coping with pain, improving a relationship, and even building confidence and self-esteem by letting go of self-destructive thoughts.

Wouldn't it be nice to have a little guidebook to help you take notice of these wasted moments, to see the real big picture - to make the most of each and every precious second of life? After all, "we only have moments to live."

//Letting Everything Become Your Teacher// is a small book, easily tucked in your handbag or coat pocket, always available to read in those microcosm windows of time when we're waiting to get to that next pressing event in our lives. Beautifully presented with artistic imagery, each verse will compel the reader to ask questions of themselves - to think, focus, watch, listen, and learn.

Reviewed by
Laura Friedkin

Just Read Author's Books
I found this to be rather mediocre set of confirmations, I think picking up the Author's book, "Whereever you go, there you are" and reading a few sentences to be be a better short, pick me up.