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See Your Way to Mindfulness: Ideas and Inspiration to Open Your I

by David Schiller

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Seeing, really seeing, is like meditation. In a world filled with distraction, seeing mindfully is a way to pay attention, to hit pause and find calm by focusing on what's directly in front of us. See Your Way to Mindfulness is a gift book of inspiration and instruction to help readers open their eyes--and their "I's." Written by David Schiller, author of the national bestseller The Little Zen Companion, it's a collection of quotes, prompts, exercises, meditations--married with photographs and drawings that bring the words to life. The quotes are from artists, Buddhists, philosophers, poets, and more, all centered on the theme of how "The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes" (Marcel Proust). The short, playful exercises and prompts--like Seeing in the Rain, Eye Spy with My Open I, Spend 30 Minutes Taking a Five-Minute Walk, Get Lost--are designed to disrupt routine and inspire readers to see for themselves. Some of the exercises involve drawing, writing, and taking photographs, opening a path to creativity as well as showing how to engage in the moment.                   Think of it as the Zen of seeing--a new way to look at the world afresh and rediscover joy in the everyday.  … (more)
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Generally I look for greater nuance and closer examination of topics, though I seem to have read more than one book on meditation which strays from that standard. That said, there are some interesting aphorisms here, and it served as an opportunity to discuss meditation (however briefly) with Mutti.

I particularly liked
● "Listen and look until the you disappears."

● "Spend 30 minutes on a 5-minute walk."
(and the concept of walking meditation, generally)

● "Look at something and come up with 7 adjectives, specific and not generic."

● "When in the forest, be mindful of mushrooms."
(translate to urban environment: be aware of birds; generally, my understanding of birding suggests it is a species of walking meditation) ( )
  elenchus | Jan 29, 2020 |
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Seeing, really seeing, is like meditation. In a world filled with distraction, seeing mindfully is a way to pay attention, to hit pause and find calm by focusing on what's directly in front of us. See Your Way to Mindfulness is a gift book of inspiration and instruction to help readers open their eyes--and their "I's." Written by David Schiller, author of the national bestseller The Little Zen Companion, it's a collection of quotes, prompts, exercises, meditations--married with photographs and drawings that bring the words to life. The quotes are from artists, Buddhists, philosophers, poets, and more, all centered on the theme of how "The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes" (Marcel Proust). The short, playful exercises and prompts--like Seeing in the Rain, Eye Spy with My Open I, Spend 30 Minutes Taking a Five-Minute Walk, Get Lost--are designed to disrupt routine and inspire readers to see for themselves. Some of the exercises involve drawing, writing, and taking photographs, opening a path to creativity as well as showing how to engage in the moment.                   Think of it as the Zen of seeing--a new way to look at the world afresh and rediscover joy in the everyday.  

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