The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down: How to be Calm in a Busy World

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Well, my parents would sacrifice financial means to give me the best education. I felt that they were willing to invest their resource into me. And when I was with them, they asked many questions. Questions about how I’m doing, how I’m feeling. And whenever I write something, my mum collects my newspaper columns. She talks about whether this week’s column is good, or not so good. She’s definitely interested in my writing.” Even my best friend gets annoying if I am with her for too long. But if I see her after a break, she is wonderful again. The trouble is not the person. It is my relationship with her.” - Haemin Sunim, The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down, p. 116

If we consider someone’s identity as rooted primarily in his hometown or the school he graduated from, we end up looking only at his past and not paying attention to his current skills or future vision.” - Haemin Sunim, The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down, p. 174When you concentrate, even a phone book can be interesting. If you are bored, maybe you are not concentrating.”

The book is a collection of essays, with each discussing a different aspect of an individual’s life such as love, passion, mindfulness, spirituality, and the future. What makes music beautiful is the distance between one note and another. What makes speech eloquent is the appropriate pause between words. From time to time we should take a breath and notice the silence between sounds.” An antidote to the polarization that has gripped our waking lives: It’s quiet, meditative, radical in its simplicity, and organized into relatable bite-size chapters that will have you breathing easier and appreciating the small things in life. Few books have the power to pull us out of our indignant turrets and cynical worldviews like this one.”— Signature A multimillion-copy bestselling book of spiritual wisdom about slowing down in our fast-paced world

model. Just with a few words, people can get motivated to be better. We often neglect the power of words, but the mere fact that a few Awareness is inherently pure, like the open sky. Stress, irritation, and anger can temporarily cloud the sky, but they can never pollute it. Negative emotions come and go like clouds, but the wide-open sky remains.” De boeddhistische monnik Sunim is superactief op sociale media om zo veel mogelijk mensen te bereiken met zijn inzichten, daar is het een ideaal medium voor. Mensen zoeken advies bij hem. Vanwege het enorme succes ervan, zijn de beste adviezen nu gebundeld in dit boek, zodat er nog meer mensen kennis mee kunnen maken.