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Since the time of the Buddha, meditation has been taught under the guidance of an expert as the easiest way to begin, and for the most powerful results. Celebrated teacher Jack Kornfield leads listeners through six essential meditations, a simple way to progressively deepen a practice?whatever your level of experience. With Guided Meditation, listeners join the author of the bestseller A Path with Heart (Bantam, 1993) on two transformational CDs that include: ? Breath meditation for stilling the body and quieting the mind ? Mind Like Sky meditation for releasing the ego's attachments and resting in pure awareness ? Visualization practice to meet the ?inner sage, ? and more Meditation has its challenges?especially for beginners. With practices you can listen to again and again, Guided Meditation gives listeners a concise training ?of the heart and mind? to enjoy the fruits of this centuries-old art..
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What's the most important piece of your child's educational program? If you think it's math, science, or grammar, you might be overlooking an element that is fast becoming essential in today's stressful world: cultivating inner resiliency. In Building Emotional Intelligence, pioneering educator Linda Lantieri joins forces with internationally renowned psychologist Daniel Goleman to offer a breakthrough guide for helping children quiet their minds, calm their bodies, and identify and manage their emotions. Now available to the public for the first time, here are Lantieri's proven techniques arranged according to age group, complemented by a spoken-word CD with exercises presented by Goleman. "We need a new vision of education that includes the mind and the heart," says Lantieri. With Building Emotional Intelligence, parents, teachers, and caregivers have the tools necessary to help build these invaluable skills in the children they raise..
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Haiku, the Japanese form of poetry written in just three lines, can be miraculous in its power to articulate the profundity of the simplest moment—and for that reason haiku can be a useful tool for bringing us to a heightened awareness of our lives. Here, the poet Patricia Donegan shares her experience of the haiku form as a way of insight that anyone can use to slow down and uncover the beauty of ordinary moments. She presents 108 haiku poems—on themes such as honesty, transience, and compassion—and offers commentary on each as an impetus to meditation and as a key to unlocking the wonder in what we find right before us..
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This devotional for all writers emphasizes the importance of deep thinking in the context of writing and cultivating a meaningful writing life. Action-oriented entries prompt writers to integrate practice into their daily life and dedicate meaningful thought to their writing pursuits. From getting in a creative frame of mind to maintaining good writing habits to breaking through writer's block, this helpful guide is every writer's key to developing the discipline, focus and dedication needed to become successful..
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Mary Anne Radmacher has a way of inviting those who hear or read her words to change their lives, and in Live Boldly, she continues on that engaging path.
In the book, she indentures an assortment of qualities for our life s journey and defines each as it relates to laughing loudly, loving truly, playing often, working smart, and sharing your heart. Each definition is followed by a quote, a poem, or an aphorism that explores the quality. Stories culled from Mary Anne s own life and teaching practice are followed by an invitation to readers to listen more closely to their lives, to give themselves what they need and to step back into their daily lives knowing they can choose in that moment, to live boldly by their own definition.

Whether readers need or want justice or gratitude, endurance or celebration, comfort or challenge, the processes is the same-read and listen to the word, enter into its meaning in the lives of others and bring that meaning to your own life. Other qualities include generosity, compassion, leadership-34 in all!.
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The term "mentor" dates back to ancient Greece when Odysseus first entrusted his friend Mentor with the education of his son, but the practice has existed in virtually every culture in history. Today, mentoring is one of the most talked-about concepts in business, education and sports. Now Tao Mentoring reinterprets and revitalizes the concept of mentoring by incorporating the ancient Taoist teachings of balanced give and take, self-reflection, simplicity, openness to others, and sharing of ourselves.

Outlined in brief, browsable sections--each of which opens with a single principle shown in text and elegant Chinese and English calligraphy--Tao Mentoring draws upon parables, contemporary anecdotes, examples from such classics as the Tao Te Ching and The Art of War, as well as the authors' own successful partnership. It offers a practical and insightful introduction to an entirely new way of seeing and participating in our work, families, friendships, and communities.

Winner of the 1996 Athena Award for Excellence in Mentoring

Chungliang Al Huang is the founder and president of the Living Tao Foundation and director of Lan Ting Institute in China. He is an internationally recognized authority on the Tao, a Tai Ji master, a calligrapher, and the author of many books, including the best-selling Embrace Tiger, Return to Mountain and the co-author, with Alan Watts, of Tao: The Watercourse Way.

Jerry Lynch, Ph.D., has taught at numerous universities throughout the United States. A counseling psychologist and international speaker, Lynch is also a corporate consultant and author of several books including Running Within and, with Chungliang Al Huang, Thinking Body, Dancing Mind and Working Out, Working Within..
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What if you could cultivate the mind of a bodhisattva—one who has dedicated one’s life to the benefit of others? According to Pema Chödrön—best-selling author and American-born Buddhist nun—you can. On Bodhisattva Mind, she examines sheshin, or "guarding alertness," and the other qualities of mind we need to develop on the path to enlightenment. "We all have a consciousness that knows what helps and what causes harm," teaches Ani Pema. "With this same ability, we can ‘tame our minds,’ and extricate ourselves from suffering." A practicum of insights and meditations from this cherished teacher, Bodhisattva Mind shows us how to connect with the spacious, clear, unbiased nature of our minds, and experience the joy of complete freedom..
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Botanica is the universal standard work for garden enthusiasts and botanists alike. The collaboration of a team of international experts has resulted in a reference work that illustrates the rich diversity of our flora with a myriad of indigenous and exotic plants. More than 10,000 genera and species - from Abelia to Zygopetalum - are clearly presented in a well organized manner..
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Not All Knowledge Is Created Equal

Deep smarts are the engine of any organization-as well as the essential value that individuals build over their careers. Distinct from I.Q., this type of expertise consists of practical wisdom: accumulated knowledge, know-how, and intuition gained through extensive experience. How do such smarts develop? And what happens when people with deep smarts leave a particular job-or the organization? Can any of their smarts be transferred? Should they be?

Basing their conclusions on a multiyear research project, Dorothy Leonard and Walter Swap argue that cultivating and managing deep smarts are critical parts of any leader's job. The authors draw on examples from firms of all sizes and types to illustrate the connection between deep smarts and organizational viability and continuous innovation.

Leonard and Swap describe the origins and limits of deep smarts and outline processes for cultivating and leveraging them across the organization. Developing an experience repertoire and receiving strategic guidance from wise coaches can help individuals move up the ladder of expertise from novice to master.

Addressing a topic of increasing importance as the Boomer generation retires, Deep Smarts challenges leaders to take a hands-on approach to managing the experience-based knowledge shaping the future of their organizations.

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