Tag Archives: Books

Wherever you go there you are

Posted on October 23, 2008 by bengt

A while back I finished a book by Jon Kabat-Zinn, Wherever you go there you are – Mindfulness Mediation in Everyday Life. I love Jon’s low key style. The book which consists of very short chapters, most of them only … Continue reading →

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Finding Your Howl

Posted on October 9, 2008 by bengt

As I mention in Lightworker I woke up one morning and had two words ringing in my head. The first one, ochoa, is Basque and means wolf. That did not ring any bell back then but today it makes sense. … Continue reading →

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Mindfulness for Beginners

Posted on August 28, 2008 by bengt

Mindfulness for Beginners is a set with two CD’s with Jon Kabat-Zinn, each CD lasts around 70 minutes. The first CD is an introduction to mindfulness, awareness and to MBSR, Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction. The second CD has five guided meditations. … Continue reading →

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Arriving at your own Door

Posted on August 28, 2008 by bengt

I am reading Arriving at your own Door – 108 lessons in mindfulness by Jon Kabat-Zinn. The book consists of qoutes (verses) that are compiled from Coming to our senses: Healing ourselves and the world through mindfulness. On the back … Continue reading →

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A New Earth

Posted on August 27, 2008 by bengt

I have not yet read the book A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle, have browsed it but did not connect with it. Today I came across A New Earth at Oprah’s Book Club. It says: Now you can hold A … Continue reading →

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What is Zen?

Posted on August 6, 2008 by bengt

I have read the book What is Zen? by Alan Watts. The book contains a selection of Alan’s talks and the four parts are about: • A simple way, A difficult way • Zen reconsidered • Space • Zen mind I like the book, … Continue reading →

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Read one book a week

Posted on June 30, 2008 by bengt

Nick Cernis has a post over at Put Things Off titled The Challenge: Read One Book a Week. I love reading but it goes up and down, I do not stick to any regular reading pace. The challenge is interesting … Continue reading →

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Do Less, Achieve More

Posted on May 8, 2008 by bengt

I have finished Do Less, Achieve More by Chin-Ning Chu. The subtitle is Discover the hidden power of giving in. The book is divided into three parts, each one dealing with one of the three secrets which are: Fine-tune your … Continue reading →

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The Manifestation Wheel

Posted on May 3, 2008 by bengt

I have finished a really interesting book titled The Manifestation Wheel: A Practical Process for Creating Miracles written by Alan Seale. The Manifestation Wheel is made up of eight “houses” or steps: intention, peace, energy, guidance, empowerment, action, surrender, and … Continue reading →

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The 5-minute Meditator

Posted on March 23, 2008 by bengt

I have finished a book written by Eric Harrison and titled The 5-minute Meditator, I like it a lot. It is the perfect book for people who ‘have no time to meditate’. The book has about a dozen ‘spot meditations’ … Continue reading →

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