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Book Description

Open Mind, Open Heart

Millions have found mindfulness to be a powerful practice for reducing stress, enhancing attention, and instilling tranquility. But it can offer so much more—it can transform you, make you more fully awake, alive, and aware of your connection to all beings. In Japanese, the character that best expresses mindfulness, 念, consists of two parts—the top part, 今, meaning “now,” and the bottom part, 心, meaning “heart.” Using stories from his own life as the son of an Irish father and a Japanese mother, a professor in Japan and America, a psychotherapist, a father, and a husband, Stephen Murphy-Shigematsu describes eight “heartfulness” principles that help us realize that the deepest expression of an enlightened mind is found in our relation to others.

Table of Contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Preface
  7. Introduction: Heartfulness
  8. 1: Beginner’s Mind
  9. 2: Vulnerability
  10. 3: Authenticity
  11. 4: Connectedness
  12. 5: Listening
  13. 6: Acceptance
  14. 7: Gratitu de
  15. 8: Service
  16. Notes
  17. Acknowledgments
  18. Index
  19. About the Author
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