Author : Karen Redding
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780578316666
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (166 download)
Book Synopsis Ten Ways to Awaken the Wise Heart by : Karen Redding
Download or read book Ten Ways to Awaken the Wise Heart written by Karen Redding and published by . This book was released on 2022-02 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ten Ways to Awaken the Wise Heart is an adaptation from a Buddhist teaching, the Paramis, also known as the Paramitas which describe the 10 perfections of spiritual strength. The author has created a travelogue with both photographs from around the world and luminous reflections to invite the reader into a timeless realm. Its Foreword is written by Jack Kornfield and Trudy Goodman, two of the foremost contributors to Mindfulness teaching in the West. The Paramis are not some kind of abstract, religious idea or concept, but a universal and timeless way to nurture a wise and wakeful heart that can be applied in everyday life, no matter where we are, whether that is at home, at work, in a traffic jam, cooking a meal, or folding the laundry. What are these 10 qualities that help the heart to awaken and relate wisely? They are generosity, safety, letting go, wisdom, courage, patience, honesty, resolve, kindness, and balance.With any of these qualities, the invitation is to cultivate conditions for these heart states to arise and/or to recognize what blocks them. We start wherever we are and find our way into the others. As you travel through this book, there is an opportunity to simply indulge in a photograph itself and see how it speaks to you. There is also a daily reflection at the beginning of each section to practice using words and phrases as an intention for developing each heart quality. A reflection accompanies each photograph to provide a backstory as well as a meditative reverie for connecting your heart to the image and narrative. Lastly, the inquiry can be used for deepening contemplative practice, the capacity for knowing something from a direct and felt experience. An inquiry means to pause with the question and allow it to resonate. What can be known? What can be metabolized? How delicately can your own connection to the photograph and reflection be felt?Hopefully, this book will not only take you to faraway places in the world but also to the deeper regions of your own heart.