Today’s Recommendation: Being Zen

Being Zen: Bringing Meditation to Life
by Ezra Bayda
with a forward by Charlotte Joko Beck
★★★★ 1/2

We can use whatever life presents to strengthen our spiritual practice—including the turmoil of daily life. What we need is the willingness to just be with our experiences—whether they are painful or pleasing—and open ourselves to the reality of our lives without trying to fix or change anything. But doing this requires that we confront our most deeply rooted fears and assumptions in order to gradually become free of the constrictions and suffering they create. Then we can awaken to the loving-kindness that is at the heart of our being.

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