Peace does not have to wait.
You tell yourself you will rest once this week is over, once the worry is settled, once the mind finally goes quiet. It never quite does. The Buddha pointed somewhere much closer: to the half-second in which a sight or a word becomes a want, and to the steady attention that can let it pass.
Drawn from the early Buddhist discourses and written for anyone, with no background needed, these twelve short chapters are a gentle companion for anxious days and busy minds. Each ends with a small practice you can do today: in a queue, at the sink, or before you answer a message.
Inside this book:
- Why the mind cannot hold still, and what helps
- The ninety-second pause that loosens a craving
- Three breaths before you react
- Making peace with change and with difficult people
- Ten quiet minutes that can anchor a whole day
Volume 1 of The Quiet Wisdom Series. Also in the series: Christian Mysticism for Inner Stillness, Sufism for the Heart, Taoism for Inner Balance, Yoga for Inner Strength, Zen for a Quiet Mind, Kabbalah for the Soul.
