Arriving at Your Own Door: 108 Lessons in Mindfulness by Jon Kabat-Zinn

Arriving at Your Own Door: 108 Lessons in Mindfulness Reviews

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  Zach

  Upon yet another reading, this book offers even more delights and insights. It is an epigrammatic and extremely helpful book -- it allows readers many ways to recenter and remember: it is here, it is here, it is here.
  
  "Obstacles to practice are infinite. Yet all of them turn into allies when they are embraced in awareness. They can feed the practice, rather than impede it, if we recognize them for what they are and allow them to simply be part of the nowscape because, wonder of wonders, they already are." (Jon Kabat-Zinn) This is a wonderful little book with much insight in mindfulness/heartfulness as verbs, not just abstract nouns.
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  GONZA

  Short sentences to make you "stay in the moment", or trying to get there at last. It was ok but it is just another book on mindfulness in my opinion, even if it is written by the master.
  
  Brevi frasi per fare sí che si viva il momento, o quanto meno ci si provi. Non era male pur se é l'ennesimo libro sulla Mindfulness, questo peró lo ha scritto il maestro.
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  Ann-Margaret

  "Arriving at your own Door" is wonderful because you can read it cover to cover or just open to any page and read the wisdom off the page. Each quote has a message that helps one reflect on the truisms we all share. The author of the book Jon Kabat-Zinn compiled a list of quotes from others to go with his mindfulness lessons.One such quote inserted is a quote from Marcel Proust, "The true journey of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having fresh eyes."
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  Katherine Jones

  My introduction to this author was "Full Catastrophe Living," which I highly recommend as a full tutorial and handbook on how to deal with stress in your life. This is a much shorter book, meant for those of us who could use a simpler introduction, or a quick refresher, about how to live in this moment in 108 short lessons. I appreciated the reminder.
  
  My two favorite lessons were "Democracy" and "Interconnectedness." He stated perfectly one of my operating principles:
  
  "We humans are all intimately interconnected. How we treat each other matters to the health and well-being, perhaps even the survival, of us all as a species, not in some vague future, but in this very moment."
  
  It is very hard to do minute by minute, and yet this is the very thing we must do. Minute by minute.
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  Susan

  Jon Kabat-Zinn is an expert on mindfulness and meditation. This book is a compilation of some of his writings.
  
  "The bell of mindfulness tolls in each moment, inviting us to come to our senses, reminding us that we can wakeup to our lives, NOW, while we have them to live."
  
  "What is required is nothing special, simply that we start paying attention and wake up to things as they are. All else will follow."
  
  "The last frontier for us is not the oceans, nor outer space, as interesting and enticing as they may be. The last and most important and most urgent frontier is the human mind. It is knowing ourselves, and most importantly, from the inside! The last frontier is our own consciousness."
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  Lilia

  Une condensé de pensées flash, l'essence de la philosophie de la pleine conscience. Beaucoup de réflexions très profondes et pourtant vraies. Il m'a fallu relire plusieurs fois certains passages pour m'imprégner pleinement des idées sous-jacentes. Un livre à lire et relire, et surtout à pratiquer au quotidien.
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  Narinder Bhatia

  Thought a slightly unorthodox book on Mindfulness but still provides ample of practical wisdom and food for reflection through the crisp 108 lessons. Each lesson very succinctly provides isight into the tenets of mindful living. The book introduces many new concepts (at least for me) that make lots of sense .
  
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  Mary Ellen

  Lots of good things to think about and saying that need some thinking over.
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  Frieda

  While many of the "lessons" appeared repetitive, one lesson is certain: Life simply unfolds - be aware and be present to experience it.
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  Clotilde

  i love this book . Short quotes , texts . i like to read it sometimes
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  Julie

  A collection of mindfulness statements and think-abouts that can be read and reread.
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  Haythem Ben Ayed

  Alors celui-ci est un petit bouquin qui change complètement la perspective, et par conséquent change toute une vie.
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  Serena Long ﺕ

  My third book of Jon Kabat-Zinn, a professor of Medicine Emeritus and creator of the Stress Reduction Clinic and the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Kabat-Zinn was a student of Buddhist teachers such as Thich Nhat Hanh and Zen Master Seung Sahn and a founding member of Cambridge Zen Center; well, mindfulness as slogans is a paradox and I utterly prefer the long version of mindfulness instead. I would recommend reading the full book versions of Kabat-Zinn's work.
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  Karen Margrethe

  Lovely easy-read for the bedside-table.
  
  I am a psychologist and work with mindfulness daily, and this was a nice little reminder about the essential points about going through life in the best possible, "mindful" way.
  
  Some of the book's best points - which many of the "lessons" depict - call attention to two critical things: 1. how the present is a point of opportunity, of branching ramification, and 2. how our very own understanding about our pain affects the amount of pain and the mastering thereof.
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  Sigrun Hodne

  What I taught? Well: I absolutely prefer the LONG version of mindfulness, in my opinion mindfulness as slogans is a paradox. Mindfulness is all about depth - not skimming the surface. There is lots of interesting stuff in this book, but I would recommend reading or listening to full book versions of Kabat-Zinn's work.
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  Annie

  Ce livre contient 108 textes à méditer accompagnées du CD. Je pense qu'il convient mieux à quelqu'un déjà initié à la méditation que moi car il ne propose pas d'aide à la méditation. J'ai beaucoup aimé le CD et je compte relire ce livre lorsque j'aurai mieux appréhendé le concept même de la méditation.
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  Judi

  The book's title is a little misleading in the sense that it sounds like if you read this book you may experience mindfulness, but it's more for someone who has already been practicing this "technique" and perhaps is looking for something a bit deeper.
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  Micha Goebig

  I was disappointed because I never would have thought that taken out of context the author's quotes would sound so banal and commonplace. In this abbreviated style, his teachings (and I am really a fan) just don't get across at all.
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  Shai Coggins

  Some good insights and ideas on the practice of mindfulness.
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  Becky

  I think I might like to read the book this is culled from.
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  Morgan

  I love the opening poem and I enjoyed reading these "lessons" but my drive to finish probably hampered my ability to understand.
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  Mckinley

  Affirmations and short paragraphs to read and mediate on.
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  joseph

  There are many small observances about meditation here to help anyone deepen their appreciation of their practice.
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  Bryce Holt

  I don't know what it is about this little chapbook of brief lessons regarding meditation and enlightenment, but instead of seeming enlightening and meditative, some of the quotes within seem a bit 'high flown.' As if they are talking down to the reader.
  
  I never got that sense in Thich Naht Hanh's teachings, but about every 10th saying...and I do believe it's him trying to be funny in some way and just not having any success at it...but Kabat-Zinn instead will say something and just sound like he's being 'flip.'
  
  It wasn't bad, and it is an incredibly short read (if you're looking for something to march through in no time flat, you could do worse). But if you're looking for the actual lessons, I'd go with Thich Naht Hanh's "You are Here" or "Peace is Every Step."