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Being Nature: A Down-to-Earth Guide to the Four Foundations of Mindfulness

by Wes Nisker Author and Jack Kornfield Foreword

This focuses on tuning into our biology to facilitate spiritual awakening, offering a practical program filled with engaging meditations for enhanced self-awareness and happiness. It draws connections between recent scientific discoveries in physics, evolutionary biology, and psychology, and insights from Buddhist teachings that date back over 2,500 years. By exploring the origins of emotions, desires, and thoughts within our bodies, it provides a framework for understanding how mindfulness can transform our experiences. Utilizing the Four Foundations of Mindfulness, the text combines humor with practical exercises to help readers overcome negative conditioning and achieve greater personal freedom. Ultimately, it encourages harnessing mindfulness and evolutionary understanding as tools for spiritual growth and insight.