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The whole area of social conventions is one in which we can experience all kinds of suffering. Yet often with just a little reflection we can recognize the emptiness of some convention that we have reified, and this realization can bring some freedom.
Seeing That Frees
Rob Burbea
Requests may sound like demands when unaccompanied by the speaker’s feelings and needs.
Nonviolent Communication
Marshall B. Rosenberg
You can begin your shamatha practice with this method and continue with it all the way to the achievement of shamatha. You don’t need to practice mindfulness of breathing first. However, many people find this method difficult, as they are swept away time and again by their thoughts. For them, mindfulness of breathing may be the most effective way to progress along the first four stages on this path.
The Attention Revolution
B. Alan Wallace Ph.D.
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