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 Happy Holiday!  The author Conari Press, Boston and San Francisco, will publish a new book currently in preparation. The working title is Awakened Mind: One Minute Wake Up Calls. It has the same format as Quiet Mind, short reflections, but with the theme of becoming more deeply aware of what life presents us. More information to the right. Both Quiet Mind and Moments in Between are Best Sellers for Conari Press. There is a new (11-24-08) reflection on the Quiet Mind page.To examine books click My Books at the top of this page or the Individual Book Titles in the right-hand column. Most recently published: Ministry Among God's Queer Folk: LGBT Pastoral Care -- with co-author Bernard Schlager  Special "Welcome!" to Canadian visitors.  Moments in Between: The Art of the Quiet Mind  Nothing's Wrong: A Man's Guide to Managing His Feelings .jpg) Quiet Mind: One-Minute Retreats from a Busy World  Stopping: How to Be Still When You Have to Keep Going Web Site updated: November 29, 2008 |
 Watch for it in April, 2009 Conari Press ISBN: 97815732436054 From the Publisher: Following on the success of Quiet Mind, Awakened Mind is David Kundtz's newest book of meditations for living effectively and mindfully in a busy world. As a Navajo proverb says, "When we are pretending to be asleep, no one can awaken us." We must stop the pretending and "awaken" ourselves. The book contains more than a hundred reflections on life, gratitude, creativity, diversity, and spirituality, each with an inspiring quotation and an idea for putting that meditation to use in daily life. From the essay on fun: "If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun." --Katharine Hepburn The trick, of course, is to know which rules to break and when to break them. But break them we must if we are to have any fun. There was a time in my life, quite a long period of time actually, when I was . . . how shall I say it . . . not much fun. Kept to all the rules -- and there were a lot of rules! Severe and serious were the virtues of the day, and I had very limited fun, so I was not much fun to be around. My loss, my regret. But that was years ago and now I have a lot of fun, break a lot of rules. I count myself one of the fortunate ones. This remarkable collection of insights shows us how living in a state of awareness about the reality that always exists in front of our faces, under our noses, or just below the surface of every moment, is one sure way to live life more fully and joyfully. * A companion to Quiet Mind * Combines personal insight with practical guidance for inspired living. Available in April, 2009 Welcome...The background image is a photograph of a nebula from outer space, the result of gasses escaping from a dying star. I chose it because such images of space as seen through the telescopic camera can help give us earth-dwellers a sense of perspective which, when transformed into a practical expression, give us what I especially need, patience. Hope you enjoy the new site. DK At this site...... you can browse the books by reading reviews and a few excerpts, learn some biographical information, and by clicking "Various" you might find anything. ...you can also order any of the books on amazon.com. Clicking the title at the very bottom of the right column will take you to the amazon link. Thanks for your visit. I warmly welcome feedback and commentary from site visitors -- about the books, the web site, or any ideas that they might stir in you. My email is at the bottom of the column just to the right. StoppingI've kept Stopping.com, the historical name of the web site, and added my name as a web address also. You can reach the site with either one: DavidKundtz.com or Stopping.com. The ideas involved in Stopping still embody much of what I believe and try to practice. Here are a few quotes that express some of the ideas I explore in my writing:Difference is the essence of humanity. Difference is an accident of birth and should therefore never be the source of hatred or conflict. The answer to difference is to respect it. Therein lies a most fundamental principle of peace: respect for diversity. --John Hume The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts. -- Bertrand Russell Family isn't about whose blood you have. It's about who you care about. -- Trey Parker and Matt Stone It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into. --Jonathan Swift Morality, like art, means drawing a line someplace. --Oscar Wilde You do not need to leave your room. Remain sitting at your table and listen. Do not even listen, simply wait, be quiet, still, and solitary. The world will freely offer itself to you unmasked, it has no choice, it will roll in ecstasy at your feet. --Franz Kafka A person buying products in a supermarket is in touch with his deepest emotions. --John Kenneth Galbraith Not to transmit an experience is to betray it. --Elie Wiesel The only way to get rid of my fears is to make films about them. --Alfred Hitchcock If you bring forth what is within you, what you bring forth will save you. If you do not bring forth what is in you, what you do not bring forth will destroy you. --Jesus, Gospel of Thomas I have spent many days stringing and unstringing my instrument, while the song I came to sing remains unsung. --Rabindranath Tagore I wonder how all those who do not write, compose or paint can manage to escape the...fear which is inherent in the human situation. --Graham Greene To be enlightened is simply to be absolutely, unconditionally intimate with this moment. No more. No less. --Scott Morrison Someone sold us out -- but only when we ceased to pay attention. --Timothy Findley (The telling of Lies) If you are what you do, when you don't you aren't. -- William J. Byron The only thing that keeps us from floating off with the wind is our stories. They give us a name and put us in a place, allow us to keep on touching. --Tom Spanbauer Except for the point, the still point, There would be no dance, and there is only the dance. --T.S.Eliot (The Four Quartets) If I hazzard a guess as to the most endemic, prevalent anxiety among human beings -- including the fear of death, abandonment, loneliness -- nothing is more prevalent than the fear of one another. --R.D. Laing There's nothing very mysterious about free will. You do what you want to do, and you don't do what you don't want to do. --Rebbe Nachman The deepest feeling always shows itself in silence. --Marianne Moore Beyond living and dreaming there is something more important: waking up. --Antonio Machado When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. And that's my religion. -- Abraham Lincoln |
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