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Read this book with the expectation that it will change your life. Profoundly change your life. Utterly transform it in myriad large and small ways. Expect it to have an impact on your career, your relationships, your health, your financial well-being, your spiritual development, and every other part of your existence. It can do this. The workshop on which it is based has done it for many already. The only question is—are YOU ready?
Are You Ready to Succeed?
Srikumar S. Rao
Can democracy—by definition the majority—tolerate enemies? The question is as follows: “Would you agree to deny the freedom of speech to every political party that has in its charter the banning of freedom of speech?” Let’s go one step further: “Should a society that has elected to be tolerant be intolerant about intolerance?”
Skin in the Game
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
The faculty of mindfulness is crucial in shamatha practice. Mindfulness in this context differs somewhat from the way some contemporary meditation teachers present it. Vipassana teachers, for instance, commonly explain mindfulness as a moment-to-moment, nonjudgmental awareness of whatever arises. In the context of shamatha, however, mindfulness refers to attending continuously to a familiar object, without forgetfulness or distraction.
The Attention Revolution
B. Alan Wallace Ph.D.
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