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Whistle Stopper - When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
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Manufacturer: Shambhala
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 294.3444
EAN: 9781590302262
ISBN: 1590302265
Label: Shambhala
Manufacturer: Shambhala
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 208
Publication Date: 2005-01-11
Publisher: Shambhala
Release Date: 2005-01-11
Studio: Shambhala
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Summary: Choosing to be Curious About Existence
Comment: "When Things Fall Apart" gave me some really good insight into meditation for calming chaotic life episodes. "To stay with a broken heart, with a rumbling stomach, with the feeling of hopelessness and wanting to get revenge -- that is the true awakening....learning not to panic -- this is the spiritual path." I took these words to heart but it still took time to learn it and live it. Like Pema, I do not choose to run, but turn and face the demons that I will no longer allow to chase me. This is a wonderful, gentle guide to living the best we can. Elaine Williams
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Summary: When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
Comment: When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
This book must be digested slowly. Every sentence is valuable. It's helping me.
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Summary: Take your time to read this
Comment: You might think, because this is a slim book, that it will be a quick read, but my advice is to really take your time with htis book. Chodron's advice is straightforward and simple, but it has a lot ot offer and some meditation will certainly make it sink in deeper.
Take your time and really appreciate the words, the advice.
I know this book has helped me through some difficult times, as well as helping me forgive myself. Things fall aprt, but eventually they come together again and fall apart again.
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Summary: Great Clarity
Comment: Pema Chodron writes this book with great clarity for everyone to understand her philosophies behind living a life of mindfulness. This 140 page book touched a part of my consciousness that has never been touched. Chodron does a wonderful job emphasizing the most practical, yet necessary introspective of Buddhist philosophies/teachings into everyday life. She compliments these introspectives with her personal stories as well as lessons/stories from her guru teacher Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche. Chodron eloquently emphasizes and identifies everyone has a maitri (Buddha nature), and in order to awaken that maitri one must take necessary steps of clearing one's mind. Chodron examines a series of human emotions such as fear, death, suffering, anxiety and suggests to the reader these feelings should not be avoided. Avoidance such as grasping, blaming, denying are feeding into the philosophy of Samsara in Tibetan Buddhism (wheel of death). In fact she suggests for individuals to deal with these emotions because in essence these emotions are illusions. Nonetheless, this book is very instrumental in helping one clear their mind, and in doing so it will empower one to prolong their life through meditation, yoga, and perhaps this will provide insight and answer the question of "What or Who is God"?
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Summary: Plain and Simple Pema
Comment: I am coming from a Religious Science and Eastern POV. I find Pema writes clearly and simply. A quick read that is a rereader. I found my thoughts, feelings and emotions shared and clarified by Pema. She accomplishes this sometimes in just a sentence or two several times throughout this book. Spiritual Practice assumed to be part of readers consciousness.
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Much like Zen, Pema Chodron's interpretation of Tibetan Buddhism takes the form of a nontheistic spiritualism. In When Things Fall Apart this head of a Tibetan monastery in Canada outlines some relevant and deceptively profound terms of Tibetan Buddhism that are germane to modern issues. The key to all of these terms is accepting that in the final analysis, life is groundless. By letting go, we free ourselves to face fear and obstacles and offer ourselves unflinchingly to others. The graceful, conversational tone of Chodron's writing gives the impression of sitting on a pillow across from her, listening to her everyday examples of Buddhist wisdom.
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