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The Pocket Book of Mindfulness
The Pocket Book of Mindfulness will help readers free themselves of anxiety by inspiring them to live in the present and resist the urge to think too much about the past and the future.
Compiling wisdom from a range of sources, this book features insights to help readers ground themselves in difficult times and includes mini meditations that can be practiced anytime, anywhere.
In addition, the timeless quotes included will guide the reader to a better psychological place, giving them access to a potent inner world, and readers will enjoy the aesthetically-pleasing color tint change with the passing of every 64 pages.
Compiling wisdom from a range of sources, this book features insights to help readers ground themselves in difficult times and includes mini meditations that can be practiced anytime, anywhere.
In addition, the timeless quotes included will guide the reader to a better psychological place, giving them access to a potent inner world, and readers will enjoy the aesthetically-pleasing color tint change with the passing of every 64 pages.
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384 pages, Hardcover
First published June 15, 2015
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March 9, 2019
I found this book in the bargain section at Barnes & Noble. The Pocket Book of Mindfulness is more of an inspiring quote collection than an instruction manual. I thought the book was significant, divided into sections with a variety of different voices & uplifting artwork throughout.
Some favorites:
BECOMING WHO YOU ARE
Healing may not be so much about getting better, as about letting go of everything that isn't you - all of the beliefs - and becoming who you are.
- Rachel Naomi Remen
Don't worry about what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive and do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.
- Howard Thurman
When you set an intention, when you commit, the entire universe conspires to make it happen.
-Sandy Forster
Your own self-realization is the greatest service you can render the world.
- Ramana Maharshi
Any transition serious enough to alter your definition of self will require not just small adjustments in your way of living and thinking but a full-on metamorphosis.
-Martha Beck
People only get really interesting when they start to rattle the bars of their cages.
-Alain de Botton
Set peace of mind as your highest goal, and organize your life around it.
-Brian Tracy
EVERYDAY MINDFULNESS
The hustle and bustle of everyday life desensitizes us from the universe. Mindfulness helps to resensitize us to the wonders of our lives.
Confidence on the outside begins by living with integrity on the inside.
-Brian Tracy
The eyes see only what the mind is prepared to comprehend.
-Henri Louis Bergson
Everything is created twice, first in the mind and then in reality.
-Robin S. Sharma
Western laziness consists of cramming our lives with compulsive activity, so that there is no time at all to confront the real issues.
-Sogyal Rinpoche
It's not so much that we're afraid of change or so in love with the old ways, but it's that place in between that we fear. It's like being between trapezes.
-Marilyn Ferguson
MINDFUL RELATIONSHIPS
We cannot live for ourselves alone. Our lives are connected by a thousand invisible threads, and along these sympathetic fibres, our actions run as causes and return to us as results.
-Herman Melville
Non-violence means avoiding not only external physical violence but also internal violence of spirit. You not only refuse to shoot a man, but you refuse to hate him.
-Martin Luther King Jr.
The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.
-Carl Rogers
Beware of total strangers and friends alike who shower you with comfortable sameness, and remain open to those who make you uneasy, for they are the true messengers of the future.
-Rob Lebow
Love teaches me I am everything; Wisdom teaches me I am nothing. Between the two my life flows.
-Sri Nisargadatta
Emotion is contagious.
-Malcolm Gladwell
Be grateful for whoever comes, because each has been sent as a guide from beyond.
-Rumi
ADVERSITY & ACCEPTANCE
The truth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feeling deeply uncomfortable, unhappy or unfulfilled. For it is only in such moments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of our ruts and start searching for different ways or truer answers.
-M. Scott Peck
The boldness of asking deep questions may require unforeseen flexibility if we are to accept the answers.
-Brian Greene
Nothing on earth is more gladdening than knowing we must roll up our sleeves and move back the boundaries of the humanly possible once more.
-Annie Dillard
Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which, in prosperous circumstances, would have lain dormant.
-Horace
We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations.
-Charles R. Swindoll
THE JOY OF MINDFULNESS
Personally, I don't think there's intelligent life on other planets. Why should other planets be any different from this one?
-Bob Monkhouse
Life is no 'brief candle' for me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got hold of for a moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to the future generations.
-George Bernard Shaw
A true approach to mysticism would involve appreciating the mysteriousness of the play of phenomena, which is not really hidden from you. Mystical experience in this second sense is often playful and contains a great deal of humour. There is something that is not quite solemn and solid but rather operates on the level of the delight of experiencing things as they are.
-Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche
After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.
-Aldous Huxley
Slow down and enjoy life. It's not only the scenery you miss by going too fast - you also miss the sense of where you are going and why.
-Eddie Cantor
I have found my greatest moments of joy and peace just sitting in silence, and then I take that joy and peach with me out into the world.
-Holly Mosier
We are the miracle of force and matter making itself over into imagination and will. Incredible. The Life Force experimenting with forms. You for one. Me for another. The Universe has shouted itself alive. We are one of the shouts.
-Ray Bradbury
Silence is a fence around wisdom.
-German proverb
When I was younger, I could remember anything, whether it had happened or not.
-Mark Twain
Purpose is the place where your deep gladness meets the world's needs.
-Fredrick Buechner
Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to another.
-G. K. Chesterton
Those who are awake live in a state of constant amazement.
-Shakyamuni Buddha
Wisdom begins in wonder.
-Socrates
Trust in dreams, for in them is the hidden gate to eternity.
-Kahlil Gilbran
It is only possible to live happily-ever-after on a day-to-day basis.
-Margaret Wander Bonnano
Some favorites:
BECOMING WHO YOU ARE
Healing may not be so much about getting better, as about letting go of everything that isn't you - all of the beliefs - and becoming who you are.
- Rachel Naomi Remen
Don't worry about what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive and do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.
- Howard Thurman
When you set an intention, when you commit, the entire universe conspires to make it happen.
-Sandy Forster
Your own self-realization is the greatest service you can render the world.
- Ramana Maharshi
Any transition serious enough to alter your definition of self will require not just small adjustments in your way of living and thinking but a full-on metamorphosis.
-Martha Beck
People only get really interesting when they start to rattle the bars of their cages.
-Alain de Botton
Set peace of mind as your highest goal, and organize your life around it.
-Brian Tracy
EVERYDAY MINDFULNESS
The hustle and bustle of everyday life desensitizes us from the universe. Mindfulness helps to resensitize us to the wonders of our lives.
Confidence on the outside begins by living with integrity on the inside.
-Brian Tracy
The eyes see only what the mind is prepared to comprehend.
-Henri Louis Bergson
Everything is created twice, first in the mind and then in reality.
-Robin S. Sharma
Western laziness consists of cramming our lives with compulsive activity, so that there is no time at all to confront the real issues.
-Sogyal Rinpoche
It's not so much that we're afraid of change or so in love with the old ways, but it's that place in between that we fear. It's like being between trapezes.
-Marilyn Ferguson
MINDFUL RELATIONSHIPS
We cannot live for ourselves alone. Our lives are connected by a thousand invisible threads, and along these sympathetic fibres, our actions run as causes and return to us as results.
-Herman Melville
Non-violence means avoiding not only external physical violence but also internal violence of spirit. You not only refuse to shoot a man, but you refuse to hate him.
-Martin Luther King Jr.
The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.
-Carl Rogers
Beware of total strangers and friends alike who shower you with comfortable sameness, and remain open to those who make you uneasy, for they are the true messengers of the future.
-Rob Lebow
Love teaches me I am everything; Wisdom teaches me I am nothing. Between the two my life flows.
-Sri Nisargadatta
Emotion is contagious.
-Malcolm Gladwell
Be grateful for whoever comes, because each has been sent as a guide from beyond.
-Rumi
ADVERSITY & ACCEPTANCE
The truth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feeling deeply uncomfortable, unhappy or unfulfilled. For it is only in such moments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of our ruts and start searching for different ways or truer answers.
-M. Scott Peck
The boldness of asking deep questions may require unforeseen flexibility if we are to accept the answers.
-Brian Greene
Nothing on earth is more gladdening than knowing we must roll up our sleeves and move back the boundaries of the humanly possible once more.
-Annie Dillard
Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which, in prosperous circumstances, would have lain dormant.
-Horace
We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations.
-Charles R. Swindoll
THE JOY OF MINDFULNESS
Personally, I don't think there's intelligent life on other planets. Why should other planets be any different from this one?
-Bob Monkhouse
Life is no 'brief candle' for me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got hold of for a moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to the future generations.
-George Bernard Shaw
A true approach to mysticism would involve appreciating the mysteriousness of the play of phenomena, which is not really hidden from you. Mystical experience in this second sense is often playful and contains a great deal of humour. There is something that is not quite solemn and solid but rather operates on the level of the delight of experiencing things as they are.
-Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche
After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.
-Aldous Huxley
Slow down and enjoy life. It's not only the scenery you miss by going too fast - you also miss the sense of where you are going and why.
-Eddie Cantor
I have found my greatest moments of joy and peace just sitting in silence, and then I take that joy and peach with me out into the world.
-Holly Mosier
We are the miracle of force and matter making itself over into imagination and will. Incredible. The Life Force experimenting with forms. You for one. Me for another. The Universe has shouted itself alive. We are one of the shouts.
-Ray Bradbury
Silence is a fence around wisdom.
-German proverb
When I was younger, I could remember anything, whether it had happened or not.
-Mark Twain
Purpose is the place where your deep gladness meets the world's needs.
-Fredrick Buechner
Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to another.
-G. K. Chesterton
Those who are awake live in a state of constant amazement.
-Shakyamuni Buddha
Wisdom begins in wonder.
-Socrates
Trust in dreams, for in them is the hidden gate to eternity.
-Kahlil Gilbran
It is only possible to live happily-ever-after on a day-to-day basis.
-Margaret Wander Bonnano
April 16, 2017
I'm doing the review for this book knowing that it has the same name and publisher as the copy that I own, but the cover features a different cover (orange sunset with flying bird and full, non-crooked tree) and tagline ("Live in the moment and feel liberated"). I'm pretty sure this is the same book, though.
"The Pocket Book of Mindfulness" is a collection of quotations organized in six sections. It's main goal is to be an inspiring set of anecdotes and reflections on the mindfulness practice. The six chapters in order are:
1. What is MIndfulness?
2. Becoming Who You Are
3. Everyday Mindfulness
4. Mindful relationships
5. Adversity & Acceptance
6. The Joy of Mindfulness
I've said before that I like these kind of quote collection books. I get drawn to them not just for the colorful print and visual reference (for a visual learner like myself, I get drawn to things that visually appeal to me and recall them better for information), but also for the ability to quickly peruse it and gain inspiration for the bit pieces it provides. The illustrations and font in this book are beautifully crafted alongside each of the quotations from various figures If that's your cuppa, then you may very well find this book inspiring in and of itself. Yet, if taking this as a beginning resource to mindfulness, the presentation may be lacking in giving a grounded, comprehensive introduction. To its credit, there are spaces in the narrative where it provides you lessons to practice with mindfulness exercises and takes quotes from leaders like Thich Nhat Hanh and Deepak Chopra, but it also blends inspirational quotations from various figures in different fields (i.e. writing) like Ray Bradbury, Henry David Thoreau and Carl Sagan. So in that measure, I think it's not a direct resource for mindful meditative history or practice, but more of a general inspirational resource with references to mindful practice, concepts and reflections on the practice of meditation (if that makes sense).
I liked it, though I wish it had a bit more direction and context despite the intention of it being just a quick compilation of quotations and illustrations.
Overall score: 3.5/5 stars.
"The Pocket Book of Mindfulness" is a collection of quotations organized in six sections. It's main goal is to be an inspiring set of anecdotes and reflections on the mindfulness practice. The six chapters in order are:
1. What is MIndfulness?
2. Becoming Who You Are
3. Everyday Mindfulness
4. Mindful relationships
5. Adversity & Acceptance
6. The Joy of Mindfulness
I've said before that I like these kind of quote collection books. I get drawn to them not just for the colorful print and visual reference (for a visual learner like myself, I get drawn to things that visually appeal to me and recall them better for information), but also for the ability to quickly peruse it and gain inspiration for the bit pieces it provides. The illustrations and font in this book are beautifully crafted alongside each of the quotations from various figures If that's your cuppa, then you may very well find this book inspiring in and of itself. Yet, if taking this as a beginning resource to mindfulness, the presentation may be lacking in giving a grounded, comprehensive introduction. To its credit, there are spaces in the narrative where it provides you lessons to practice with mindfulness exercises and takes quotes from leaders like Thich Nhat Hanh and Deepak Chopra, but it also blends inspirational quotations from various figures in different fields (i.e. writing) like Ray Bradbury, Henry David Thoreau and Carl Sagan. So in that measure, I think it's not a direct resource for mindful meditative history or practice, but more of a general inspirational resource with references to mindful practice, concepts and reflections on the practice of meditation (if that makes sense).
I liked it, though I wish it had a bit more direction and context despite the intention of it being just a quick compilation of quotations and illustrations.
Overall score: 3.5/5 stars.
January 31, 2017
Very inspirational and a good beginning guide to mindfulness and practicing mindful meditation. Some parts were a bit hard for me to wrap my head around and sometimes it seemed slightly repetitive or bland.
"This isn't just 'another day, another dollar'. It's more like 'another day, another miracle'."
"This isn't just 'another day, another dollar'. It's more like 'another day, another miracle'."
May 26, 2022
pretty mid i could probably find better
February 13, 2024
Sooo many wise words!!
March 13, 2017
If you want an introduction to mindfulness, try Radical Acceptance by Tara Brach, Wherever You Go, There You Are by Jon Kabat-Zinn, or Mindfulness in Plain English by Bhante Gunaratana. The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle is also a wonderful powerful book that deepens with you as progress is made along your spiritual path.
This pocket book is simply a gathering of many inspirational quotes involving mindfulness. The selection is good and comes from a wide variety of well-regarded teachers. I use this book when I want a quick reminder to center myself, which is a helpful part of my path. If you're looking to use in a similar way, its a nice resource. I'd give it a B+ for content, and a B for presentation.
This pocket book is simply a gathering of many inspirational quotes involving mindfulness. The selection is good and comes from a wide variety of well-regarded teachers. I use this book when I want a quick reminder to center myself, which is a helpful part of my path. If you're looking to use in a similar way, its a nice resource. I'd give it a B+ for content, and a B for presentation.
February 17, 2016
So many statements in here that may confuse you about want mindfulness is.
I think it is best follow the Buddha teaching.
I think it is best follow the Buddha teaching.
October 3, 2016
Inspiring and motivating
September 30, 2017
Such a wonderful book, I highly recommend it.
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