Using the garden as metaphor, The Seeds of Love offers a process for creating mindfulness. Through the development of the practice of mindfulness, and using its tools to maintain a state of awareness and openness to self and others. Readers will learn how to nurture such seeds as compassion, joy and generosity and to use personal challenges such as jealousy, anger and self doubt as a means of growth. Using precepts from many faiths and traditions, The Seeds of Love fosters the practice of using simple, basic actions to reach the best within ourselves and share it with those around us. It will be an invaluable guide to anyone seeking deeper and more conscious relationships.
"Both down-to-earth and profound, this book explains how to be mindful of the garden of your life—and then out of kindness to yourself and others, pull weeds and plant flowers. Deceptively simple, it is actually a comprehensive guide to the seeds of true happiness and loving relationships. A lovely, wise, encouraging, first-rate book."—Rick Hanson, Ph.D., author of Buddha's Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, and Wisdom
"Inspired by the rich and deep teachings of Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh, this book is filled with beautiful quotes, reflections and meditations."—Tara Brach, author of Radical Acceptance
"The sun is out, there is a warm breeze on your face, and you are in the company of an elegant teacher. Savor each step as well as each page. This is a wonderful book."—Peggy Rowe Ward, Ed.D. and Larry Ward, Dharma teachers and authors of Love's Garden
"Jerry Braza has written a wise and gentle book on mindful relationships that shows how this natural development occurs. He avoids simplistic answers and offers deeply felt observations based on his own journey into the wonder of the present moment."—William Martin, author of The Tao of Forgiveness and The Caregiver's Tao Te Ching
"This is good reading for both new and seasoned students because it explains so well how to nourish the good in us."—William Menza, Dharma Teacher in the Plum Village Tradition
From the Back Cover
That which we nurture in ourselves is that which we become.
The Seeds of Love offers readers a process for looking at the seeds that are deep in their consciousness. Through development of the practice of mindfulness ûand using its tools to maintain a state of awareness and openness to self and others--readers will learn how to nurture the seeds of love and transform the challenging ones within themselves and their relationships. Using precepts from many faiths and traditions, Seeds of Love fosters the practice of using simple, basic actions to reach the best within ourselves and share it with those around us. It will be an invaluable guide to anyone seeking deeper and more conscious relationships.
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