Book Club Archives - Meditation Mind https://meditationmind.org/category/book-club/ A thriving community of people with a passion for Mindfulness Tue, 16 Dec 2025 13:27:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://meditationmind.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/cropped-Webp.net-resizeimage-1-50x50.png Book Club Archives - Meditation Mind https://meditationmind.org/category/book-club/ 32 32 Book Club Recordings: How to Be Love(d) https://meditationmind.org/book-club-recordings-how-to-be-loved/ Sun, 21 Sep 2025 16:26:47 +0000 https://meditationmind.org/?p=19075 The post Book Club Recordings: How to Be Love(d) appeared first on Meditation Mind.

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]]> Book Club Recordings: The Aṭṭhakavagga (Sutta Nipāta, 4) https://meditationmind.org/book-club-recordings-the-a%e1%b9%ad%e1%b9%adhakavagga-sutta-nipata-4/ Sun, 21 Sep 2025 16:00:01 +0000 https://meditationmind.org/?p=19064 The post Book Club Recordings: The Aṭṭhakavagga (Sutta Nipāta, 4) appeared first on Meditation Mind.

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]]> Book Club Recordings: The Courage to Be Disliked https://meditationmind.org/book-club-recordings-the-courage-to-be-disliked/ Sun, 10 Aug 2025 05:00:05 +0000 https://meditationmind.org/?p=18954 The post Book Club Recordings: The Courage to Be Disliked appeared first on Meditation Mind.

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]]> Book Club Recordings: How to Know a Person by David Brooks https://meditationmind.org/book-club-recordings-how-to-know-a-person-by-david-brooks/ Sat, 05 Oct 2024 13:40:11 +0000 https://meditationmind.org/?p=17315 The post Book Club Recordings: How to Know a Person by David Brooks appeared first on Meditation Mind.

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]]> Book Club Recordings: Anchored by Deb Dana https://meditationmind.org/book-club-recordings-anchored-by-deb-dana/ Sat, 24 Feb 2024 23:08:18 +0000 https://meditationmind.org/?p=16528 The post Book Club Recordings: Anchored by Deb Dana appeared first on Meditation Mind.

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8-4-24 In this session, we finished the book.
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3-31-24 In this session, we stopped in chapter five at “Exploration: Awareness of Neuroception.”
3-17-24 In this session, we stopped in chapter five at “Exploration: Shaping Neuroception.”
3-10-24 In this session, we stopped in chapter four at “Exploration: Elements of the Social Engagement
System.”
3-3-24 In this session, we stopped in chapter three at “Exploration: The Autonomic Experiences of Yes,
No, and Maybe.”
2-25-24 In this session, we stopped in chapter two at “When we view a landscape…”
2-18-24 In this session, we stopped in chapter two at “The Vagal Brake.”
2-11-24 In this session, we started the book and stopped in chapter one at “Neuroception: Your Internal Surveillance System.”

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]]> Book Club Recordings: The Enchiridion by Epictetus https://meditationmind.org/book-club-recordings-the-enchiridion-by-epictetus/ Sat, 03 Feb 2024 07:12:35 +0000 https://meditationmind.org/?p=16371 The post Book Club Recordings: The Enchiridion by Epictetus appeared first on Meditation Mind.

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2-4-24 In this session, we read chapters 46-52.
1-28-24 In this session, we read chapters 36-45.
1-21-24 In this session, we read chapters 33-35.
1-14-24 In this session, we read chapters 28-32.

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]]> Book Club Recordings: Nonviolent Communication by Marshall B. Rosenberg https://meditationmind.org/book-club-recordings-nonviolent-communication-by-marshall-b-rosenberg/ Sat, 30 Sep 2023 20:38:37 +0000 https://meditationmind.org/?p=15840 The post Book Club Recordings: Nonviolent Communication by Marshall B. Rosenberg appeared first on Meditation Mind.

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1-7-24 In this session, we finished the book!
12-31-23 In this session, we stopped in chapter thirteen at the chapter summary.
12-17-23 In this session, we finished chapter twelve.
12-10-23 In this session, we stopped in chapter eleven at “When People Say ‘No’ to Meeting Face to Face.”
12-3-23 In this session, we stopped in chapter eleven at “Learn to hear needs regardless of how people express them.”
11-26-23 In this session, we stopped in chapter ten at “Offering Empathy First.”
11-19-23 In this session, we finished chapter nine.
11-12-23 In this session, we finished chapter eight.
11-5-23 In this session, we stopped in chapter eight at “Empathy and the Ability to Be Vulnerable.”
10-29-23 In this session, we stopped in chapter seven at “Sustaining Empathy.”
10-22-23 In this session, we finished chapter six.
10-15-23 In this session, we stopped in chapter six at “Requesting Honesty.”
10-8-23 In this session, we finished chapter five.
10-1-23 In this session, we stopped in chapter five at “From Emotional Slavery to Emotional Liberation.”
9-24-23 In this session, we stopped in chapter four at “Building a Vocabulary for Feelings.”
9-17-23 In this session, we stopped in chapter three at “The Highest Form of Human Intelligence.”
9-10-23 In this session, we started the book and finished chapter one.

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]]> Book Club Recordings: Lovingkindness by Sharon Salzberg https://meditationmind.org/book-club-recordings-lovingkindness-by-sharon-salzberg/ Thu, 01 Jun 2023 14:20:03 +0000 https://meditationmind.org/?p=15309 The post Book Club Recordings: Lovingkindness by Sharon Salzberg appeared first on Meditation Mind.

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9-3-23 In this final session, we finish reading the book.
8-27-23 In this session, we stopped in Chapter 11 at the line: “We can make our minds so like still water that beings gather about us, that they may see their own images, and so live for a moment with a clearer, perhaps even with a fiercer, life because of our quiet.”
8-20-23 In this session, we stopped in Chapter 11 at the line: “The karmic fruit of that action might be greatly intensified if we generally live a life of habitual lying, or it may be quite ameliorated if we generally live a life of truthfulness and compassion.”
8-13-23 In this session, we stopped before the final exercise of Chapter 10, at the line: “The power of giving grows until it becomes like a great flowing waterfall, until it becomes so natural for us that this is who we are.”
8-6-23 In this session, we stopped at the end of Chapter 9.
7-30-23 In this session, we stopped in Chapter 9 at the line: “As the Buddha said, pleasure and pain, gain and loss, praise and blame, fame and disrepute constantly arise and pass away, beyond our control.”
7-23-23 In this session, we stopped in Chapter 8 at the line: “There is no boundary to happiness; there is no
end.”
7-16-23 In this session, we stopped at the end of Chapter 6.
7-9-23 In this session, we stopped in Chapter 6 at the line: “The last time I went, economic conditions were terribly difficult.”
7-2-23 In this session, we stopped at the end of Chapter 5 with “Exercise: Difficult Aspects of Oneself.”
6-18-23 In this session, we stopped in chapter 4 at “Exercise: Reflection on Happiness.”
6-11-23 In this session we stopped in chapter 3 at the paragraph starting with “The next set of benefits the Buddha points out promises that if we practice metta we will be protected” Note that there is a guided meditation at the beginning of this session.
6-4-23 In this session we stopped in chapter 2 at “Exercise: Remembering the good within You”
5-28-23 this is the first session of the book, we stopped at the beginning of chapter 2

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]]> Book Club Recordings: Say What You Mean by Oren Jay Sofer https://meditationmind.org/say-what-you-mean-by-oren-jay-sofer-book-club-recordings/ Thu, 15 Dec 2022 01:13:15 +0000 https://meditationmind.org/?p=14323 The post Book Club Recordings: Say What You Mean by Oren Jay Sofer appeared first on Meditation Mind.

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this is the final session of this book. We covered the summery and a bit of the Enchiridion
5-14-23 we finished the book this week. next week we will be covering the summery at the back of the book while we vote for the next one.
5-7-23 In this session we stopped in chapter 13 at “the real conversation” in bold
4-30-23 In this session we stopped at the beginning of chapter 12
4-23-23 In this session we stopped in chapter 11 at “who has the floor?” in bold
4-16-23 In this session we stopped in chapter 11 at “A Cycle of Giving and Receiving” in bold
4-9-23 In this session we stopped in Chapter 11 at “A Little Secret” in bold
4-2-23 in this session we stopped in chapter 10 at “Translating Negative Judgments” in bold
3-26-23 In this session we stopped at the beginning of chapter 10
3-19-23 In this session we stopped at the beginning of chapter 9
3-12-23 In this session we stopped in chapter 8 at “The Grammar of Inner Freedom” in bold
3-5-23 In this session we stopped in chapter 8 at “A mythology of emotions”
2-26-23 In this session we stopped we stopped in chapter 7 at the paragraph starting with “Focusing our attention on needs can feel awkward at first.”
2-19-23 In this session we stopped in chapter 7 at the paragraph starting with “When we begin to see life through the lens of needs, something unexpected can happen.”
2-12-23 In this session we stopped in chapter 6 at the paragraph starting with “Deepening empathy is not merely a cognitive or intellectual exercise, though it begins there.”
2-5-32 in this session we stopped at the beginning of chapter 6
1-29-23 In this session we stopped in chapter 5 at “when Daryl met the KKK” in bold.
1-22-23 In this session we stopped in chapter 4 at “View Determines intention” in bold
1-15-23 In this session we stopped in chapter 3 at “Uncertainty: Meeting the Unknown” in bold
1-8-23 In this session we stopped at the beginning of chapter 3
12-18-22 in this session we stopped in chapter one at “Recognizing Presence” in bold
12-11-22 In this session we stopped in chapter one at the paragraph starting with “As I explored the intersection of contemplative awareness and communication…”

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]]> Book Club Recordings: Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind by Shunryu Suzuki https://meditationmind.org/book-club-recordings-zen-mind-beginners-mind-by-shunryu-suzuki/ Thu, 06 Oct 2022 03:38:01 +0000 https://meditationmind.org/?p=13032 The post Book Club Recordings: Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind by Shunryu Suzuki appeared first on Meditation Mind.

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12-4-22 this is the last session of the book
11-27-22 In this session we stopped in part 3 at the paragraph starting with “We should establish our practice where there is no practice of enlightenment”.
11-20-22 In this session we stopped in part 3 at the paragraph starting with “Zazen practice and everyday activity are one thing.”
11-13-22 In this session we stopped in part 3 at the paragraph starting with “The true practice of zazen is to sit as if drinking water when you are thirsty.”
11-6-22 In this session we stopped at the start of part 3
10-30-22 In this session, we stopped in part two at the paragraph starting with “Nangaku’s meaning here is that whatever you do, that is zazen.”
10-16-22 In this session we stopped in part 2 at the paragraph starting with “Just continue in you calm, ordinary practice and your character will be built up.”
10-9-22 in this session we stopped in part one at “At first you will have various problems, and it is necessary for you to make some effort…”
10-2-22 in this session we stopped in part one at the paragraph starting with “When we practice zazen our mind always follows our breathing”

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