Quest for Bearable Lightness of Being: Is anyone reading 2666?

Thursday, January 15, 2009

Is anyone reading 2666?

Just wondering if anyone out there is reading this book right now...or planning to read it soon...

2 comments:

los cazadores said...: Have never heard of it, but if it's suppose to be good I'll put it on my list. This weekend I finally move on to a new book(s)! Yip, yip, yurrah!

Cindy; January 16, 2009 at 5:52 AM
Kat & Stacy said...: The Esquire (my husband) is reading 2666...on his xmas list after he saw it on every Best of 2008 list out there. Are you reading it? you are the only person--besides my husband and the Best of lists--that I've heard mention it!
ps--yes those ARE equestrian ribbons behind us in my new profile photo. Good call. I do ride (hunter/jumper)--but those ribbons belong to the owner of a country estate in Ireland where we attended a wedding. Do you ride? in LA? where? and I love Wythe too...; January 26, 2009 at 12:53 PM

Thich Nhat Hanh on The Practice of Mindfulness

Our true home is not in the past. Our true home is not in the future. Our true home is in the here and the now. Life is available only in the here and the now, and it is our true home.

Mindfulness is the energy that helps us recognize the conditions of happiness that are already present in our lives. You don’t have to wait ten years to experience this happiness. It is present in every moment of your daily life. There are those of us who are alive but don’t know it. But when you breathe in, and you are aware of your in-breath, you touch the miracle of being alive. That is why mindfulness is a source of happiness and joy.

Most people are forgetful; they are not really there a lot of the time. Their mind is caught in their worries, their fears, their anger, and their regrets, and they are not mindful of being there. That state of being is called forgetfulness—you are there but you are not there. You are caught in the past or in the future. You are not there in the present moment, living your life deeply. That is forgetfulness. The opposite of forgetfulness is mindfulness.

Mindfulness is when you are truly there, mind and body together. You breathe in and out mindfully, you bring your mind back to your body, and you are there. When your mind is there with your body, you are established in the present moment. Then you can recognize the many conditions of happiness that are in you and around you, and happiness just comes naturally.

Quest for Bearable Lightness of Being

Thursday, January 15, 2009

Is anyone reading 2666?

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Thich Nhat Hanh on The Practice of Mindfulness

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