{"product_id":"being-zen-bringing-meditation-to-life","title":"Being Zen: Bringing Meditation to Life","description":"A “straightforward, simple, and wise” guide to living an awakened life through mindfulness and meditation (Jack Kornfield, author of A Path with Heart)\n\nWe can use whatever life presents to strengthen our spiritual practice—including the turmoil of daily life. What we need is the willingness to just be with our experiences—whether they are painful or pleasing—and open ourselves to the reality of our lives without trying to fix or change anything. But doing this requires that we confront our most deeply rooted fears and assumptions in order to gradually become free of the constrictions and suffering they create. Then we can awaken to the loving-kindness that is at the heart of our being.\n\nWhile many books aspire to bring meditation into everyday experience, Ezra Bayda's Being Zen gives us practical ways to actually do it, introducing techniques that enable the reader to foster qualities essential to continued spiritual awakening. Topics include how to cultivate:\n\n• Perseverance: staying with anger, fear, and other distressing emotions.\n• Stillness: abiding with chaotic experiences without becoming overwhelmed.\n• Clarity: seeing through the conditioned beliefs and fears that \"run\" us.\n• Direct experience: encountering the physical reality of the present moment—even when that moment is exactly where we don't want to be.\n\nLike Pema Chödrön, the best-selling author of When Things Fall Apart, Ezra Bayda writes with clear, heartfelt simplicity, using his own life stories to illustrate the teachings in an immediate and accessible way that will appeal to a broad spectrum of readers.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1590300130\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.1590300130.A\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Ezra Bayda|Charlotte Joko Beck\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: This copy has clearly been enjoyed—expect noticeable shelf wear and some minor creases to the cover. Binding is strong, and all pages are legible. May contain previous library markings or stamps.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41612756975674,"sku":"DBV.1590300130.A","price":8.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/1590300130-0.jpg?v=1787712030","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/being-zen-bringing-meditation-to-life","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}