|
|
Whistle Stopper - Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life
|
List Price: $15.00
Our Price: $7.50
Your Save: $ 7.50 ( 50% )
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Manufacturer: Bantam
|
Average Customer Rating: 
|
|
Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 294.34448
EAN: 9780553351392
ISBN: 0553351397
Label: Bantam
Manufacturer: Bantam
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 160
Publication Date: 1992-03-01
Publisher: Bantam
Release Date: 1992-03-01
Studio: Bantam
|
|
|
|
|
|
Spotlight customer reviews:
|
Customer Rating:
Summary: Peace and Happiness Easy to Attain
Comment: Peace is Every Step takes you into a world of peace and happiness, and you need nothing to get there but your attention. In the simplest everyday tasks, the author shows us how to get the most out of our lives and experience true enjoyment. We don't have to do or have different things, we just need to pay attention to what we have and what we are doing now. Nhat Hanh gently leads us to this practice. This book has changed my life for the better. I will keep it and read it over and over.
Customer Rating:
Summary: A Nudge
Comment: A gentle reminder of who we really are and why we exist. A must-read, at least once a year.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Enlightening! Mindfulness simply yet thoroughly explained
Comment: Thich Nhat Hanh's book Peace is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life is an enlightening read!
The author does a great job of showing the inextricable connection between the mind, the body, and the environment. Mindfulness is an awareness of our living right now. It helps us to become and remain mentally and physically healthy and to live harmoniously in our symbiotic relationship with each other and our environment. Our survival on this planet depends upon it.
Hanh encourages us to be mindful in everything we do--for example, when we peel a tangerine eat it mindfully. He encourages us to feel the spray as we peel it. Smell the fragrance and feel the texture of fruit. Enjoy the taste and nourishment. Think of the mother of the fruit--the tree, its leaves, its blossoms and our connection with it and the environment.
The author encourages us to slow down, breathe, and live in the moment. Instead of being frustrated by the obstacles--red lights, traffic, layovers--that prevent us from getting from one place to another quickly, use those moments to practice Mindfulness.
I recommend this book to people of all ages and backgrounds. The author's writing style is simple and insightful. His aim is to promote peace, happiness, health, and wisdom. He did a great job!
Customer Rating:
Summary: A very beautiful book ... and a blessing
Comment: this book is one of the best books I have read on peace and mindfulness.
I have brought so many copies for my family and friends.
Su Ong Nhat Hanh is my favorite author, and I highly recommend all his books :-)
Customer Rating:
Summary: Very worthwhile
Comment: Practical adaptation of eastern wisdom to western culture. Easy to read and fairly realistic approach for beginners like me. I was able to put some of these methods to use right after reading and enjoyed some peace and relaxation that surpasses what I usually get from expensive vacations.
|
|
|
Editorial Reviews:
|
Thich Nhat Hanh's writing is deceptive in its subtlety. He'll go on and on with stories about tree-hugging or metaphors involving raw potatoes; he'll tell you how to eat mindfully, even how to breathe and walk; he'll suggest looking closely at a flower and to see the sun as your heart. As the Zen teacher Richard Baker commented, however, Nhat Hanh is "a cross between a cloud, a snail, and piece of heavy machinery." Sooner or later, it begins to sink in that Nhat Hanh is conveying a depth of psychology and a world outlook that require nothing less than a complete paradigm shift. Through his cute stories and compassionate admonitions, he gradually builds up to his philosophy of interbeing, the notion that none of us is separately, but rather that we inter-are. The ramifications are explosive. How can we mindlessly and selfishly pursue our individual ends, when we are inextricably bound up with everyone and everything else? We see an enemy not as focus of anger but as a human with a complex history, who could be us if we had the same history. Suffice it to say, that after reading Peace Is Every Step, you'll never look at a plastic bag the same way again, and you may even develop a penchant for hugging trees. --Brian Bruya
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
