Mindfulness Breaks reveals the power of your mind to experience inner peace and happiness. It combines the wisdom teachings of the American master, Father Eli with those of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh.
This book is the result of more than forty years of hard work and study with Father Eli and Thich Nhat Hanh. One day in 2017, I came upon my notes from the two summers I spent on retreat with Father Eli in the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas in 1973 and 1974. It was only after I began transcribing my hand written notes that I realized the teachings of Father Eli resonated fully with those of Thich Nhat Hanh.
After World War II, Father Eli spent 15 years in Japan studying with D. T. Suzuki, the man who introduced Zen into the West. He passed away in 1983.
This book contains scripts to guide you into the process of taking a Mindfulness Break instead of or in addition to a coffee break, a lunch break, or a cigarette break. This is your path to wakening!
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1. WHAT IS A MINDFULNESS BREAK? 5
THE STORY 7
MICAH’S STORY 13
MINDFULNESS BREAKS ARE THE KEY TO MY SURVIVAL 14
2. BEFORE YOU BEGIN 16
EMOTIONS 17
THE THREE POISONS 18
IMAGINATION 24
DESIRE 25
3. A MINDFULNESS BREAK IN YOUR HOME 28
BENEFITS OF MINDFULNESS BREAKS 29
HOW TO USE MINDFULNESS BREAKS 32
INSTRUCTIONS FOR READING MINDFULNESS BREAKS 33
THE PRACTICE OF MINDFULNESS OF BREATHING 34
The Practice of Mindfulness of Breathing 35
4. CLEARING THE MIND 39
COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS 40
5. YOUR FIRST MINDFULNESS BREAK 41
THE BASIC MINDFULNESS BREAK PRACTICE 41
VARIATIONS ON MINDFULNESS BREAKS 47
6. GRATITUDE 48
GRATITUDE MINDFULNESS BREAK 52
TOUCHING THE EARTH 53
7. LOVING KINDNESS 55
THE LOVING KINDNESS MINDFULNESS BREAK 56
ALTERNATIVE LOVING KINDNESS BLESSINGS 60
GIVING AND RECEIVING 61
TONGLEN MINDFULNESS BREAK 61
8. FORGIVENESS 64
FORGIVENESS MINDFULNESS BREAK 66
ANOTHER FORGIVENESS STORY 69
9. GOALS AND HOW TO ACHIEVE THEM 73
ACHIEVE GOALS MINDFULNESS BREAK 75
10. STRESS 77
STRESS RELIEF MINDFULNESS BREAK 80
11. ANGER 82
ANGER CONTROL MINDFULNESS BREAK 84
12. WEIGHT NORMALIZATION AND EATING 86
THE CANCER DIET 86
STRAWBERRIES, BLUEBERRIES, AND RASPBERRIES 88
NON-GMO FOODS 88
MINDFUL EATING 89
MINDFUL EATING PRACTICES 91
WEIGHT NORMALIZATION MINDFULNESS BREAK 93
13. SELF-HEALING 96
SELF-HEALING MINDFULNESS BREAK 98
14. SLEEP 101
SOUND SLEEP MINDFULNESS BREAK 104
15. WALKING MEDITATION 106
THE PRACTICE OF WALKING MEDITATION 107
16. INNER PEACE AND HAPPINESS 110
THE MAGIC OF UNCONDITIONAL LOVE 112
LET THE MAGIC HAPPEN 116
17. WISDOM 119
IMPERMENANCE 119
The Five Remembrances 120
NO PERMANENT SELF 121
INTERBEING 122
UNSATISFACTORINESS 123
PRESENCE 126
GENEROSITY 127
18. ABOUT THE AUTHOR 129
19. DEDICATION 131
Giới thiệu về tác giả
Dr. Jerome Freedman is an author, healthcare advocate, mindfulness meditation teacher, and a cancer survivor since 1997. He is a long-time practitioner in the tradition of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh in which he is an ordained member of the Order of Interbeing. His recent article in The Mindfulness Bell titled ‘Healthy and Free’ touched many people. He is also a certified teacher of the Enneagram in the Oral Tradition with Helen Palmer.
Jerome currently teaches Mindfulness in Healing at the Pine Street Clinic in San Anselmo, California and writes daily on his blog, Meditation Practices. He is a contributing author of I Am With You: Love Letters to Cancer Patients, Nancy Novak, Ph D, and Barbara K. Richardson.
Dr. Freedman served on Board of Directors of the Marin AIDS Project and the Advisory Council of the Institute for Health and Healing between 2007 and 2010. He is now a major contributor to the Buddhist Climate Action Network and the Plum Village Climate Response as an activist promoting earth protection. He is also a technical advisor for Operation Diana, an NGO dedicated to the survival of elephants in Africa.
Dr. Freedman holds a Ph. D. in computer science, along with two master’s degrees in physics and a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering. He still consults internationally on software engineering problems and expert witness cases. He successfully interviewed Dr. Neil de Grasse Tyson on cosmology and Buddhist thought in 2011.
He can be reached by for consultations, dharma talks, lectures, and days of mindfulness by email at jerome [at] mountainsangha [dot] org.
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