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About The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down Book
The multimillion-copy bestselling book of spiritual wisdom about the importance of slowing down in our fast-paced world, by the Buddhist author of Love for Imperfect Things
âWise advice on how to reflect and slow down.â âElle
Is it the world thatâs busy, or is it my mind?
The world moves fast, but that doesnât mean we have to. This bestselling mindfulness guide by Haemin Sunim (which means âspontaneous wisdomâ), a renowned Buddhist meditation teacher born in Korea and educated in the United States, illuminates a path to inner peace and balance amid the overwhelming demands of everyday life.
By offering guideposts to well-being and happiness in eight areasâincluding relationships, love, and spiritualityâHaemin Sunim emphasizes the importance of forging a deeper connection with others and being compassionate and forgiving toward ourselves. The more than twenty full-color illustrations that accompany his teachings serve as calming visual interludes, encouraging us to notice that when you slow down, the world slows down with you.
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Everyone is kind to someone they meet for the first time,
The question is how long their kindness lasts.
Don't be fooled just because someone is nice to you at first.
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Knowledge wants to talk.
Wisdom wants to listen.
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Many conflicts in our lives can be resolved if we put ourselves in the other person's shoes.
Try to look at things from her point of view.
If you consider only your side,
you are no different from a child.
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When we look at the outside world, we are looking at only a small part that interests us. The world we see is not the entire universe but a limited one that the mind cares about.
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The world never complained about how busy it is.
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"When your mind rests, the world also rests"
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When our mind is noisy, the world is as well. And when our mind is peaceful, the world is, too.
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People react differently to the same situation. If we look at it more closely, we see itâs not the situation that is troubling us, but our perspective on it.
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Donât struggle to heal your wounds. Just pour time into your heart and wait. When your wounds are ready, they will heal on their own.
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For unenlightened people, not every day is a good day, because they feel happy only when things happen the way they want them to.
For enlightened people, every single day is a good day, because they feel free knowing that nothing can take away their wisdom.
When an unenlightened person does good, he tries to leave his mark.
When an enlightened person does good, he leaves no marks
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When you are stressed out, be aware of your stress.
When you are irritated, be aware of your irritation.
When you are angry, be aware of your anger.
As soon as you become aware of these feelings you are no longer lost in them.
Your awareness allows you to witness them from the outside.
Awreness is inherently pure, like the open sky.
Stress, irritation, and anger can temporarily cloud the sky,but they can never pollute it.
Negative emotions come and go like clouds, but the wide-open sky remains.
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"Does the person you hate deserve to be carried around in your heart? Keep in your heart only those who love you. If you carry around with you people you hate, it causes only angst and depression."
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Good or bad is always relative.
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Forcing your ideas upon "inocent" &"novice'' is bigger sin then murder.
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ï»żIt doesn't matter from where you start it matters from where you end.
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Respect yourself
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