Meditaci může zvládnout každý. Není třeba o nic usilovat, stačí dát všemu volný průchod – nic nedělat, jenom být… Pod vedením zkušeného učitele Deana Sluytera si můžete vyzkoušet klidný, příjemný přístup. Najdete tu všechny praktické rady, které budete potřebovat, abyste si vhodné metody uzpůsobili pro svůj každodenní život. Na mnohé, co vás zajímá, jste se chtěli zeptat, ale nikdo vám zatím neodpověděl. Nyní se dozvíte vše.
HOW THE LITERATURE WE LOVE CONVEYS THE AWAKENING WE SEEKSuppose we could read Hemingway as haiku . . . learn mindfulness from Virginia Woolf and liberation from Frederick Douglass . . . see Dickinson and Whitman as buddhas of poetry, and Huck Finn and Gatsby as seekers of the infinite . . . discover enlightenment teachings in Macbeth , The Catcher in the Rye , Moby-Dick , and The Bluest Eye .Some of us were lucky enough to have one passionate, funny, inspiring English teacher who helped us fall in love with books. Add a lifetime of teaching Dharma — authentic, traditional approaches to meditation and awakening — and you get award-winning author Dean Sluyter. With droll humor and irreverent wisdom, he unpacks the Dharma of more than twenty major writers, from William Blake to Dr. Seuss, inspiring readers to deepen their own spiritual life and see literature in a fresh, new as a path of awakening.
NAUTILUS BOOK AWARDS GOLD-MEDAL WINNER FOR 2015 There’s no trying in meditation. Just as water runs naturally downhill … just as leaves float naturally to the ground … we can all settle naturally into meditation. Not trying, just allowing—not doing, just being. The key is effortlessness. Whether you’re a complete novice or you’ve “tried it before,” if you can breathe you can meditate. Guided by veteran teacher Dean Sluyter’s easy-going, down-to-earth approach, you’ll test-drive a variety of meditative “vehicles,” such as breath, sound, the senses, the sky, and the simple sense of “I,” and discover which ones fit you best. You’ll find all the practical tips you need for adapting these methods to your daily life, even for a few minutes a day on the subway or in an office cubicle. And as your life opens to deep happiness, clarity, peace, and creative energy, you’ll be inspired to keep on practicing—naturally.
Focusing on inner awareness, this book presents ten guiding principles that encourage readers to discover their inner light, making ethical behavior feel instinctive. By emphasizing personal enlightenment alongside moral actions, it aims to transform the way individuals approach right and wrong, suggesting that true understanding leads to natural, effortless goodness.
Exploring the intersection of film and spirituality, this book reveals the enlightenment teachings embedded in classic movies like Casablanca and Jaws. Dean Sluyter, a meditation teacher and film critic, uncovers spiritual wisdom in various cinematic elements, from iconic characters to visual symbolism. By connecting beloved films with deeper insights, it invites both movie enthusiasts and spiritual seekers to discover profound lessons hidden within the art of cinema.
Less Fear, More Life—a Practical Guide These days there’s so much fear in the air, you can almost taste it—along with all the varieties of anxiety, anger, and addiction that grow out of it. How can you navigate your way through the fear and confusion, and find your way to peace? In Fear Less, acclaimed teacher and award-winning author Dean Sluyter shows how to use simple meditative techniques and subtle tweaks of body, mind, and breath to open your life to deep, relaxed confidence. Drawing on ancient enlightenment teachings as well as contemporary research, he lays out practical, easy-to-follow steps for addressing such issues as: • letting go of compulsive overthinking • loosening the bonds of addiction (including smartphone addiction) • overcoming the fear of death • finding meditative stillness in the thick of activity