Hyemin

Haemin Sunim, a renowned Buddhist meditation teacher, illuminates a path to inner peace and balance amid the overwhelming demands of everyday life. He offers guideposts to well-being and happiness, and emphasizes the importance of forging a deeper connection with others and being compassionate and forgiving toward ourselves.

How to be Calm and Mindful in a Fast-paced World

The Things You Can See Only when You Slow Down

Cecilie Spangsberg

I squeeze myself into the subway car. People are crowded all around me. I can either get annoyed or think it's fun that I don't have to grab a handrail.

If I had to summarize the entirety of most people's lives in a few words, it would be endless resistance to what is. As we resist, we are in constant motion trying to adjust and yet we still remain unhappy about what is 

William Buller

If you want revenge because your feelings are hurt, all you can see is your own suffering. But if you calm yourself and look more deeply, you will see that the person who hurt you is suffering too.

sisil

the world is experienced according to the state of one’s mind.

As I look deeper into myself to see why I am living such a busy life, I realize that, to a certain extent, I actually enjoy being busy.

“The world we see is not the entire universe but a limited one that the mind cares about.”

authored by a monk, explains life on a philosophical way both from a buddhist and christian perspective in going through life.  I believe it shows how important it is to slow down in our busy outside modern life by focusing on the small things like maintaining relationships, spiritual paths and prioritizing internal self and our soul rather than the conformity with the perspective of society.

Emphasize in uniting the teachings of both buddhist and christianity and about religion just supporting each others ground.

I quoted down so many beautiful sayings from this book! helped me get out of my book slump and finished it in 2-3 hours! This book really does get me intrigued on reading other self developing books♥️ very straight to the point and easy to read! not heavy in my opinion!

naveen naomi

“The world we see is not the entire universe but a limited one that the mind cares about.”

authored by a monk, explains life on a philosophical way both from a buddhist and christian perspective in going through life.  I believe it shows how important it is to slow down in our busy outside modern life by focusing on the small things like maintaining relationships, spiritual paths and prioritizing internal self and our soul rather than the conformity with the perspective of society.

Emphasize in uniting the teachings of both buddhist and christianity and about religion just supporting each others ground.

I quoted down so many beautiful sayings from this book! helped me get out of my book slump and finished it in 2-3 hours! This book really does get me intrigued on reading other self developing books♥️ very straight to the point and easy to read! not heavy in my opinion!

Ícaro Morbeck

Como um amante da ficção, nunca fui muito de ler livros de autoajuda. Ainda assim, este é um livro especial para mim. Creio que ele vá conversar de maneiras muito diferentes a depender da fase que cada leitor se encontra em sua vida. Por este motivo, tenho vontade de relê-lo daqui a algum tempo. As mensagens muito sábias de Haemin Sunim hora tocavam meu coração, hora me faziam pensar sobre outras pessoas que conheço, e no quanto elas precisam ouvir estas ideias. 

As ilustrações são bastante terapêuticas, dispersando as nuvens de pensamentos que carregamos durante o dia, e acalmando nossa mente para conceber todo este aprendizado. Toda a estética desta obra está sintonizada com a sua mensagem. Gosto muito quando livros nos fazem olhar para dentro de nós mesmos, e descobrirmos mais sobre a pessoa que tivemos sido, e quem pretendemos ser. Este olhar é essencial para que não nos sintamos perdidos na vida. Especialmente se olharmos para todo o caos constante no mundo à nossa volta. 

É necessário ter moderação na forma como lidamos com as pessoas da nossa vida, e na forma como enxergamos a nós mesmos. Esta é a síntese do pensamento do escritor com esta obra. As minúcias do nosso comportamento, e a forma como ele afeta nossa saúde mental é algo que pode parecer tanto assustador, quanto libertador. A vida é difícil, mas ela não precisa ser. Não podemos controlar as coisas ruins que acontecem conosco, mas podemos controlar a forma como reagimos a elas. 

Estas páginas influenciaram em meu recente aprendizado de que não há a necessidade de reclamar de tantas coisas que existem ao nosso redor. Muitas vezes, não temos controle sobre estas coisas, e ficamos parecendo apenas crianças birrentas. Pessoas que estão de bem com a vida não saem por aí reclamando de tudo o que veem. Por si só, esta compreensão já valeu muito a leitura. 

Haemin Sunim escreve como se estivesse contando experiências, mais do que estivesse ensinando algo. Apresenta um conhecimento poderoso sobre o poder das palavras, e a influência que elas conseguem criar. A eficácia de sua mensagem é potencializada pela forma direta em que elas são apresentadas. Não há firulas, é direto ao ponto. Extremamente adequado para qualquer leitor.

Kirana A

How can in one book contain so many wonderful thoughts? 

In my opinion, this book is not a book that you will read it as “a normally book”. It’s more like a book that will guide you to some mainstream problems that happened in our life. And when it happened, you read it again as if this book will giving us the answer to our problems. 

This book really changed my point of view about life.

sgcjm

you know what. i found myself rereadin this book for two times. and everytime its always hit me right to the place i needed. when im so lost. this book found me and guided me back to where i belongs.

Amy Bley

Initially I was going to race through this book as it's mostly a collection of short stories and prompts for meditation, but per the authors recommendation I tried to slow down and really focus on what I was reading and how it related to me personally. As a result it did help me to slow down and be mindful and more relaxed. I also highlighted and wrote down thoughts while reading per the authors suggestion and I think I will find that helpful in revisiting this book; It has been a great book to get started with and hopefully continue on in my path to mindfulness.

Mackenzie Ward

Amazing book & beautiful drawings alongside it. Helped me to slow down & find peace in a crazy year.

Kirby Drake

I listened to this by audio book, I think I would have preferred it in paperback. It reads like many lists for reference more than a story. Very helpful, relevant, and important lists! :)

Talitha Febriani

it is good.. but for some reason i couldn't relate to it as much as i did to the "love for imperfect things"
but it is good and it does help calm you down, just not as relatable as the other one for me :)

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