{"id":4074,"date":"2015-08-04T12:46:02","date_gmt":"2015-08-04T16:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/mindfulnessmatters\/?p=4074"},"modified":"2015-08-04T12:46:02","modified_gmt":"2015-08-04T16:46:02","slug":"coming-soon-mindfulness-a-to-z","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/mindfulnessmatters\/2015\/08\/coming-soon-mindfulness-a-to-z.html","title":{"rendered":"Coming Soon: Mindfulness A to Z"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Mindfulness-A-to-Z-cover18\"<\/a>2015 has been a busy year for me publishing books. In May, The Awakened Introvert<\/a> came out (New Harbinger). In July, The Everything Essential Buddhism Book<\/a> came out (Adams Media). Soon, Mindfulness A to Z: 108 Insights for Awakening Now<\/a> (Wisdom Publications). The official release date is September 22 but I received a rush copy the other day!<\/p>\n

Mindfulness A to Z is something of a memoir because it contains a variety of personal stories about times that I was mindful and times that I was not. The book is organized as the title suggests as a dictionary of mindfulness terms with listings literally from a to z. You’ll find entries on acceptance, Buddha, compassion, equanimity, and so forth.<\/p>\n

The book has been beautifully produced by Wisdom. It’s not the kind of book that you’ll read cover to cover. You can march through the entries in order or you can skip around. You’ll want to read one or two per day and sit with the wisdom and guidance that it sets forth.<\/p>\n

It is my hope that this book through its candid revelations about my own attempts to live a mindful life can help you to live more mindfully too. Each brief chapter contains some important teaching relevant to mindfulness and grounded in the teachings of the Buddha.<\/p>\n

I had the great fortune to receive an endorsement from Tara Brach, one of our most beloved mindfulness teachers and author of the classic Radical Acceptance<\/a> and more recently True Refuge<\/a>. She said of A to Z:<\/p>\n

You don’t “read” Mindfulness A-Z. \u00a0Rather you go on a series of intimate journeys with author Arnie Kozak, and explore the facets of heart and awareness that can free your spirit. Through personal revelation, Buddhist teachings, western science and his own deep wisdom, Arnie offers us a banquet to savor! –Tara Brach, Ph.D., Author of Radical Acceptance<\/a> (2003) and True Refuge <\/a>(2013.)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Here is an excerpt from the preface:<\/p>\n

\n

Mindfulness is about paying attention to our life as it unfolds, moment-by-moment.
\n\u201cTo be mindful\u201d is to bring a particular kind of attention
\nto our experience\u2014one that is keen and focused on what is actually
\nhappening, as opposed to what we wish would happen. Mindfulness
\nprivileges perception over imagination. At its deepest levels, developing
\nmindfulness helps us to clearly see that we construct much of
\nour experience of the world and ourselves. And by construct I mean
\nthe quality of our minds determines the quality of our experiences.
\nWe are \u201cput together\u201d by our beliefs, stories, and attitudes. By practicing
\nmindfulness we can learn to relate to the world, others, and
\nourselves in a more open and accepting way, without so many preconditions
\nfor happiness. A serious commitment to mindfulness, practiced
\nover time, can help to move us toward a more awakened way of
\nbeing-in-the-world.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

You can pre-order your copy now from Amazon<\/a> or your local independent bookseller:<\/p>\n

\"Shop<\/a><\/p>\n

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