See, Love, Be
Description
Many have been hugely helped by mindfulness practice. But how do we move beyond our initial goal of functioning well to live a life marked by deep awareness, genuine compassion and ease of being?
Tim Stead is an accredited mindfulness teacher who seeks to explore this very question. Offering new versions of familiar practices, he meditates on three key themes - see, love, be - that connect strongly with the concerns of many great spiritual traditions.
This warm-hearted book will resonate as much with those who do not have a faith commitment as with those who do.
'Thoughtful and intensely practical, See, Love, Be offers a fascinating insight into the human condition. I particularly enjoyed the use of the well-judged poems at the end of each chapter.'
Michael Mosley, science journalist, TV presenter and producer
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Content
- Intro
- SEE, LOVE, BE
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- The spiritual life
- Down by the harbour - a mindful experience
- Mindfulness as therapy
- Something more?
- What is spirituality?
- Going beyond - 'otherness'
- Starting with failure
- Awareness and non-judgement
- SEE, LOVE, BE
- SEE - beyond knowledge
- LOVE - beyond transaction
- BE - beyond achievement
- God, the Divine, the Beloved?
- Prophets, gurus and messiahs?
- Spirit?
- A practical guide
- Mindfulness
- Practice
- STARTING POINTS
- FORMAL PRACTICE
- COMMON EXPERIENCES
- THROUGH THE DAY (INFORMAL PRACTICE)
- 'Awareness and non-judgement' journal
- Groups
- SEE
- Week 1 Connecting
- STARTING POINTS
- God, the Divine, the Beloved?
- FORMAL PRACTICE
- The body scan
- COMMON EXPERIENCES
- THROUGH THE DAY
- Week 2Allowing
- STARTING POINTS
- God, the Divine, the Beloved?
- FORMAL PRACTICE
- Breath and body
- COMMON EXPERIENCES
- THROUGH THE DAY
- Week 3Gazing
- STARTING POINTS
- God, the Divine, the Beloved?
- FORMAL PRACTICE
- COMMON EXPERIENCES
- THROUGH THE DAY
- Week 4Wondering
- STARTING POINTS
- God, the Divine, the Beloved?
- FORMAL PRACTICE
- Breath, body, thoughts
- COMMON EXPERIENCES
- THROUGH THE DAY
- LOVE
- Week 5Befriending
- STARTING POINTS
- Prophets, gurus, messiahs?
- A scheme for practising befriending
- Step 1: Approach
- Step 2: Attend (befriending)
- Step 3: Bless
- FORMAL PRACTICE
- Self-compassion
- COMMON EXPERIENCES
- THROUGH THE DAY
- Week 6Beholding
- STARTING POINTS
- Step 1: Approach
- Step 2: Attend (beholding)
- Step 3: Bless
- Prophets, gurus, messiahs?
- FORMAL PRACTICE
- COMMON EXPERIENCES
- THROUGH THE DAY
- Week 7Remaining
- STARTING POINTS
- Step 1: Approach
- Step 2: Attend (remaining)
- Step 3: Bless
- Prophets, gurus, messiahs?
- FORMAL PRACTICE
- COMMON EXPERIENCES
- THROUGH THE DAY
- BE
- Week 8Being
- STARTING POINTS
- Non-striving
- Equanimity
- Via negativa
- Contemplation and choice-less awareness
- Spirit?
- FORMAL PRACTICE
- Choice-less awareness
- COMMON EXPERIENCES
- THROUGH THE DAY
- OnwardsLiving
- Basic principles
- Working with time: a pattern for life
- Daily
- Weekly
- Yearly
- Epilogue Where now?
- Notes
- Further reading and other information
- My website
