Mindfulness, such an ancient concept in Europe, an innate quality known in Ancient Greece as “Pure Reason” or with Egyptians as “heart-mind” or “Intelligence of the Heart” going back to Ancient Egyptian Babylon’s philosophy, or Ancient Greek Plato’s Soul’s Eye that is purified “for it is by it alone that we contemplate the truth”. The course consists of 12 modules that are full of personal development exercises and transformational tools designed to help the explorer understand body, thinking patterns, core beliefs, or relationships matrix. On this journey, you will be exploring: Nutrition, Will Power Exercises, Emotional Inteligence, Core Beliefs, Relationship Contract, building own Personal Development Plan...

Mindfulness, such an ancient concept in Europe, an innate quality known in Ancient Greece as “Pure Reason” or with Egyptians as “heart-mind” or “Intelligence of the Heart” going back to Ancient Egyptian Babylon’s philosophy, or Ancient Greek Plato’s Soul’s Eye that is purified “for it is by it alone that we contemplate the truth”. The course consists of 12 modules that are full of personal development exercises and transformational tools designed to help the explorer understand body, thinking patterns, core beliefs, or relationships matrix. On this journey, you will be exploring: Nutrition, Will Power Exercises, Emotional Inteligence, Core Beliefs, Relationship Contract, building own Personal Development Plan...

As the river flows inexorably to the sea, sweeping us along, we find ourselves stepping out onto the shore, reflecting on it all. Such moments come as we awaken in the morning, wait at the traffic lights, walk the dog or stir a pot on the boil. Thoughts are the most spontaneous and intimate thing we possess, if indeed we can speak of possession rather than a glimpse of the 11 picture, seen through our eyes, that appears before us day to day. They are what make us who we are, as all that surrounds us pushes, drives, moulds and tests us, forming every fibre of our being. Certainly we are not our thoughts, but we come together when we choose to share them. These aphorisms cover the gamut of the human experience, with recurrent themes of love, liberty, the mind and character. I hope you enjoy reading them as much as I have enjoyed penning them. The Author The aphorism is a sort of gem, precious as it is rare, Enjoyable only in small doses. Acknowledgements A word of acknowledgement to Nicholas A Tonelli for the kind use of his stunning photography of cascades in Pennsylvania, to Raquel Gaspar for the design, as well as to all those around us who inspire us in our daily lives. Here’s one for them We may inspire close up Or at a distance Sometimes aware of it Sometimes not By being who we are, And the world is a better place An aphorism is a concise, terse, laconic, or memorable expression of a general truth or principle. Almost all books of aphorisms, which have ever acquired a reputation, have retained it,” John Stuart Mill wrote in 1837. We prefer collections of aphorisms over big books of philosophy, Mill thought, because the aphorism is, in its algebraic abbreviation, a micro-model of empirical inquiry. We don’t absorb aphorisms as esoteric wisdom; we test them against our own experience.

In simple and straightforward language, Bhante Gunaratana shares the Buddha's teachings on mindfulness and how we can use these principles to improve our daily lives, deepen our mindfulness, and move closer to our spiritual goals. Based on the classic Satipatthana Sutta, one of the most succinct yet rich explanations of meditation, Bhante's presentation is nonetheless thoroughly modern. The Satipatthana Sutta has become the basis of all mindfulness meditation, and Bhante unveils it to the reader in his trademark "plain English" style. Contemplating the Four Foundations of Mindfulness—mindfulness of the body, of feelings, of the mind, and of phenomena themselves—is recommended for all practitioners. Newcomers will find The Four Foundations of Mindfulness in Plain English lays a strong groundwork for mindfulness practice and gives them all they need to get started right away, and old hands will find rich subtleties and insights to help consolidate and clarify what they may have begun to see for themselves. People at every state of the spiritual path will benefit from reading this book.

An absolute essential of Buddhist thought and practice. In addition to practitioners of Insight meditation, those who engage in other meditation forms such as dzogchen, mahamudra, and zazen will find that The Four Foundation of Mindfulness provides new means of understanding how to approach and deepen their own practices. The entire Great Discourse is included here, coupled with a beautifully clear commentary from the great scholar-yogi, Venerable U Silananda.

Learning from Ancient Worlds Mystics about power of mind & subconscious patens. When East meets West in Platonism, Neo-Platonism, Pythagoras, Ancient Greek Philosophers, or Ancient Egyptian symbolism through the art and mysticism of saints, scientists and sages, the likes of Leonardo da Vinci, Plato, Jung, or Patamjali.