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What Mindfulness Is—and Isn’t

By Daniel Goleman — 2014

Daniel Goleman responds to popular misconceptions of mindfulness.

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Jeff Foster: Emotions, Feelings and Sensations Are Neither Personal nor Impersonal

Jeff Foster studied Astrophysics at Cambridge University. In his mid-twenties, after a long period of depression and illness, he became addicted to the idea of ‘spiritual enlightenment’ and embarked on an intensive spiritual quest for the ultimate truth of existence.

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Jeff Foster
2012
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The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down: How to Be Calm in a Busy World

Is it the world that’s busy, or is it my mind? The world moves fast, but that doesn’t mean we have to.

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Haemin Sunim
2024
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FindCenter Quotes ImageIt may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for a bird to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad.

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C. S. Lewis
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Awakening Joy: James Baraz on “What Is Mindfulness?”

“Joy is not for just the lucky few–it’s a choice anyone can make.” Awakening Joy is an internationally recognized Internet course created by noted teacher, author, and co-founder of Spirit Rock Meditation Center, James Baraz.

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James Baraz
2014
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Poetry of Presence: An Anthology of Mindfulness Poems

Poetry of Presence: An Anthology of Mindfulness Poems is a collection of poetry that provides a refuge of quiet clarity very much needed in today's restless, chaotic world. Every reader will find favorites to share and to return to, again and again.

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Phyllis Cole-Dai (editor), Ruby Wilson (editor)
2017
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What’s All the Hype about Mindfulness? A Conversation with Alexa

The scientific reasons why mindfulness has become so popular are briefly described along with innovative ways to taste some of the benefits without lengthy training.

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Marie-Nathalie Beaudoin
2020
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Mindfulness in a Busy World: Lowering Barriers for Adults and Youth to Cultivate Focus, Emotional Peace, and Gratefulness

How can we increase the likelihood that people will be able to control their wandering mind, let go of upsetting thoughts and feelings, and apply the wisdom of mindfulness training to their day-to-day lives? Mindfulness in a Busy World offers a bridge between the ancient wisdom of Eastern...

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Marie-Nathalie Beaudoin, Kelsey Maki
2024
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FindCenter Quotes ImageSince in order to speak, one must first listen, learn to speak by listening.

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Rumi
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Focusing

The classic guide to a powerful technique that can increase your mindfulness and lead to personal transformation. The focusing technique consists of six easy-to-master steps that identify and change the way thoughts and emotions are held within the body.

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Eugene T. Gendlin
1982
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Transforming Compulsion -- Facing Defense Mechanisms from Conscious Awareness | Jon Bernie

Nondual spiritual teacher Jon Bernie describes the three primary ways we compulsively struggle with our experience -- pulling it towards us, pushing it away, and trying to understand it -- and the falling away of these dynamics as we learn to fully allow the condition as it arises in the space of...

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Jon Bernie
2010
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