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Thich Nhat Hanh is an absolute gem who I am very glad to have stumbled into whilst on a spiritual journey that I never could have anticipated I would have taken. While love is a focus, I almost felt tricked with this one because the real trick to being able to love fully is to be able to be fully present so mindfulness ended up being the major point (surprise! I should have anticipated this). I really loved this and it was great to listen to on my shorter work-break walks, but the narrator was a bit robotic which did lessen my enjoyment. Chapter 14 was one of the best I’ve read on this journey so far and I cannot wait to continue with his works. What a feeling of peace listening to his words inspires in me!

“Meditating is using the energy of mindfulness so that life will be there as a reality.��

“For the Buddhists, to be or not to be is not really the question. The true question is whether we have enough concentration, enough mindfulness, enough practice to touch the foundation of being that is Nirvana.��

“Nirvana is not something that we should search for because we are Nirvana, just as the wave is already water. The wave does not have to search for water because water is the very substance of the wave.��