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Arriving at Your Own Door: 108 Lessons in Mindfulness Paperback – November 1, 2007

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Mindfulness opens us up to the possibility of being fully human as we are, and of expressing the humane in our way of being. Mindlessness de facto closes us up and denies us the fullness of our being alive. This book may on the surface appear to be merely another offering in the genre of daily readings. But deep within these 108 selections lie messages of profound wisdom in a contemporary and practical form that can lead to both healing and transformation. We so urgently need to rotate in consciousness in order to safeguard what precious sanity is available to us on this planet. How we carry ourselves will determine the direction the world takes because, in a very real way, we are the world we inhabit. Our world is continuously being shaped by our participation in everything around us and within us through mindfulness. This is the great work of awareness. Welcome to the threshold . . . to the fullness of arriving at your own door!
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"A deeply optimistic book, grounded in good science and filled with practical recommendations for moving in the right direction."

"A passionate tour de force that blends personal experience with cutting-edge science (his own and others'), poetry, and insights culled from many traditions...Ardent, personal, frankly opinionated in places, this book seeks to wake us up as individuals and as a culture. It is a treasure trove of contemporary wisdom."

"Coming to Our Senses invites us to sanity, offering a practical, life-altering way to cut through the clutter."

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Jon Kabat-Zinn, PhD, is founding Executive Director of the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. He is also the founding director of its renowned Stress Reduction Clinic and Professor of Medicine emeritus at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. He teaches mindfulness and Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) in various venues around the world. He received his Ph.D. in molecular biology from MIT in 1971 in the laboratory of Nobel Laureate, Salvador Luria.

His work in the Stress Reduction Clinic was featured in Bill Moyers' PBS Special, Healing and the Mind and in the book of the same title, as well as on Good Morning America, the Oprah Winfrey Show, and Oprah's Super Soul Sunday, as well as NPR. he has contributed to a growing movement of mindfulness into mainstream institutions such as medicine, and psychology, health care and hospitals, schools, corporations, the legal profession, prisons, and professional sports.

He is the author of numerous bestselling books about mindfulness and meditation: Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain and Illness; Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life; Coming to Our Senses: Healing Ourselves and the World Through Mindfulness; and Arriving at Your Own Door: 108 Lessons in Mindfulness. He is also co-author, with his wife Myla, of Everyday Blessings: The Inner Work of Mindful Parenting; and with Williams, Teasdale, and Segal, of The Mindful Way Through Depression: Freeing Yourself from Chronic Unhappiness Overall, his books have been translated into over thirty languages.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ 1401303617
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Hachette Books; 1st edition (November 1, 2007)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 160 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9781401303617
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1401303617
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 13 years and up
  • Grade level ‏ : ‎ 8 and up
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 4.2 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.5 x 6.63 inches
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Jon Kabat-Zinn, PhD, is internationally known for his work as a scientist, writer, and meditation teacher engaged in bringing mindfulness into the mainstream of medicine and society. He is professor of medicine emeritus at the University of Massachusetts Medical School and author of numerous books, including Full Catastrophe Living, Arriving at Your Own Door, and Coming to Our Senses.

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John Chancellor
5.0 out of 5 stars Short, subtle but powerful lessons
Reviewed in the United States on February 18, 2009
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Arriving at Your Own Door is a collection of very short lessons in mindfulness. There are 108 lessons and it is easy to read the entire book in less than an hour. However that will be doing yourself and the book a disservice.

Mindfulness is not our normal way of thinking and acting. Therefore the lessons and their potential impact on our lives is not obvious in many of the lessons. You need to give the lessons some thought. I have read the book three times and each time I gain a little more insight into the value of the lessons.

Mindfulness is about becoming aware. The most common route to mindfulness is through meditation. However, you do not need to be involved in meditation to benefit from this book. You will need an open mind. You must be willing to look at things from a different perspective.

There is one quote in the book that goes to the heart of mindfulness. "We take care of the future best by taking care of the present now." As Jon Kabat-Zinn points out, we are often trying to live in the future. There is no future. There is only now and trying to live in the future robs us of the present. "Arriving someplace more desirable at some future time is an illusion. This is it."

Do not expect long explanations of the lessons. The lessons are extremely brief. If you have not read or studied mindfulness, this might not be a good start because the ideas or thoughts might need further explanation. However if you are a student of meditation, of how the mind works, of mindfulness, then this is a very handy little reminder that will give you guidance in right thinking with lots of ideas to contemplate.
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Joseph Acheoa
5.0 out of 5 stars Rich and Enriching!
Reviewed in the United States on January 31, 2020
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This book is a page turner for me, for everyone. Very rich, and threatening to change my life for good, forever. I couldn't drop my Kindle e-Reader till I had read the very last sentence in lesson 108!
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Dr. Jagdish P. Dave
4.0 out of 5 stars I enjoyed reading Arriving at Your Own Door
Reviewed in the United States on August 16, 2014
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I enjoyed reading Arriving at Your Own Door. Arriving at your own door is like home coming. The book is like a rosary with 108 beads each connected with each other. I have learned many wonderful and valuable ideas and ways of living mindfully from Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn. This book is another wonderful gift offered to me and many persons like me. I am very grateful to Jon for continuing serving people by living mindfully.Each lesson is like a flower petal with its own beauty and fragrance. One can start with any lesson, skip the next lesson and still remain connected with the earlier one. All parhs take us to the same door. I would wholeheatedly recommend this wonderfl book to any one interested in doing inner work as an ongoing pilgrimage.

Jagdish P Dave Ph. D, Psy.D
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BirdLady
5.0 out of 5 stars Mindfulness Lessons
Reviewed in the United States on November 22, 2008
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I was a little disappointed when I received the book. I was expecting something bigger. This one is small with 108 "mini" lessons. I use it was the end to my exercise and yoga routine each morning, reading one lesson per day. It's a nice way to start the day and keep me grounded. I always find insight in Jon Kabat-Zinn's writings.
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O. Merce Brown
5.0 out of 5 stars Lovely Gem of a Book
Reviewed in the United States on April 1, 2008
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This little book is lovely as a gift for someone, especially yourself. It contains excerpts from Jon Kabat-Zinn's masterpiece "Coming to Our Senses", a tome about mindfulness and meditation. In this video I open the book, show you the layout and read two different quotes. I've kept the video to about two minutes in length. This is a book that anyone interested in living more serenely and more alive can enjoy, whether or not you've had the pleasure of reading the main book that it was excerpted from. Highly recommended!
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Diane C Boyle
5.0 out of 5 stars Talking to a trusted friend
Reviewed in the United States on February 20, 2015
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Great!! I just lost my mom this week and this book was an answer & blessing through this challenging year ahead. I felt comforted by reading it. Hope all how read it will enjoy this as much as I did. I felt as if I were talking to a trusted good friend who understood what I was going through. Peace.
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Lynn Bowen
5.0 out of 5 stars This is a must for every household
Reviewed in the United States on December 31, 2012
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LOVE THIS little BOOK!!! Thank you Jon Kabat-Zinn for writing this one. It is the perfect addition to my home. I bought and sent 1 of these to each of my daughters and sisters this year too. Great lessons that can be read individually or as a whole. I go back to it often. It's a keeper!
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mittie
2.0 out of 5 stars Snippets about mindfullness
Reviewed in the United States on September 4, 2020
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Each page of this book entails short, one paragraph snippets of the author’s thoughts on mindfullness and how it embodies life and living to the extent that we pay attention to it. I was expecting more direction with mantras or specific guidance on how to think through ways of dealing with illness.
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Denise Helena Baldisseri
5.0 out of 5 stars Livro para iniciantes em Mindfulness
Reviewed in Brazil on July 2, 2023
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Livro bem interessante para iniciantes ou para quem já é praticante e possui os devidos conhecimentos teóricos. Vale revisitar através deste livro e outros do autor, visto que o mesmo é referência em Mindfulness no Ocidente. Para quem preferir, existe a versão em Português. Histórias reflexivas e que levam o leitor a motivação de praticar.
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Adee
5.0 out of 5 stars I really enjoy the wisdom
Reviewed in Canada on February 24, 2018
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I randomly read a page every day. I really enjoy the wisdom.
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Adrian
5.0 out of 5 stars Rich in wisdom
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 4, 2017
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I highlighted about 70% of this book on my Kindle!

Each lesson is about half a page in length. Some are just a few lines. So this is a book that you can pick up and read for just one minute at a time, or read from cover-to-cover in about an hour. But I would recommend spending a little time to digest each lesson, perhaps reading each one a few times over.

I felt like every page spoke to me directly. This book has refreshed and renewed my practice of mindfulness just at a time when everything seemed to be getting in the way.

This book is perhaps not the best choice for a first introduction to mindfulness meditation. But it would be a very good second book to read.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The time is NOW
Reviewed in Australia on July 17, 2019
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Relevant to everyone of us. Simply and passionately stated. Concise.
A must read for anyone wanting to make a difference in their own lives or indeed the world.
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Musa Oliveira
5.0 out of 5 stars Lindo!
Reviewed in Brazil on July 26, 2019
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Livro maravilhoso! Me tocou profundamente. Já tinha lido outro dele. O título é pertinente. Para quem busca auto conhecimento, certamente é um bom começo. Tem muita sabedoria nesse livro. A leitura é bem rápida, mas requer intervalo entre um capítulo e outro para meditação.
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