Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life

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Thich Nhat Hanh's writing is deceptive in its subtlety. He'll go on and on with stories about tree-hugging
or metaphors involving raw potatoes; he'll tell you how to eat mindfully, even how to breathe and walk; he'll suggest
looking closely at a flower and to see the sun as your heart. As the Zen teacher Richard Baker commented, however, Nhat
Hanh is "a cross between a cloud, a snail, and piece of heavy machinery." Sooner or later, it begins to sink in that
Nhat Hanh is conveying a depth of psychology and a world outlook that require nothing less than a complete paradigm
shift. Through his cute stories and compassionate admonitions, he gradually builds up to his philosophy of interbeing,
the notion that none of us is separately, but rather that we inter-are. The ramifications are explosive. How can we
mindlessly and selfishly pursue our individual ends, when we are inextricably bound up with everyone and everything
else? We see an enemy not as focus of anger but as a human with a complex history, who could be us if we had the same
history. Suffice it to say, that after reading Peace Is Every Step, you'll never look at a plastic bag the same way
again, and you may even develop a penchant for hugging trees. --Brian Bruya

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Lucidly and beautifully written, Peace Is Every Step contains commentaries and meditations, personal
anecdotes and stories from Buddhist Nhat Hanh's experiences as a peace activist, teacher, and community leader. It
begins where the reader already is (kitchen, office, driving a car, walking in a park) and shows how deep meditative
presence is available now. Nhat Hanh provides exercises to increase our awareness of our own body and mind through
conscious breathing, which can bring immediate joy and peace. Nhat Hanh also shows how to be aware of relationships with
others and of the world around us, its beauty and also its pollution and injustices. Through deceptively simple
practices, Peace Is Every Step encourages the reader to work for peace in the world as he or she continues to work on
sustaining inner peace by turning the "mindless" into the mindful. Peace Is Every Step is a useful, and necessary,
addition to any Buddhist studies or self-help reference shelf. -- Midwest Book Review

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