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The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down: How to Be Calm and Mindful in a Fast-Paced World by Haemin Sunim May you be happy, healthy, peaceful, and always protected from harm.” - Haemin Sunim I hope it inspires you to connect with the kinder and wiser side of yourself.

“I hope that spending time with this book becomes an occasion to reflect on and meditate in your busy life.

There’s a reason this book has sold more than 3 million copies worldwide - it’s a beautiful break from the daily grind and a simple reminder about what’s important. This post only highlights a fraction of my favorite quotes. It’s organized into short chapters that include a quick intro or story, followed by bite-size paragraphs of life advice and ancient wisdom. This book is a bit different from many others I’ve read. I suppose slowness is embodied in this book from the title to the very last word.

He founded the nonprofit School of Broken Hearts in Seoul, which offers group counseling and pragmatic teaching on coping with life obstacles and learning from them.Whew! That’s a long book title. He is a Seon Buddhist teacher with 20 years of experience, and he spent seven years teaching Asian religions at Hampshire College. Sunim was educated at Berkeley, Harvard, and Princeton, and received his monastic training from the Haein monastery in South Korea. It was translated into over 35 different languages and has sold over 3 million copies worldwide.

“The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down” is Sunim’s first book. In one of his chapters, the author explains that if a person is so quick to notice somebody else’s character flaws then it most probably means that they too suffer from these flaws.Īnother piece of advice says that if a person does not like you, it has nothing to do with you as it is a “them” problem not a “you” problem. In almost every chapter, the reader is reminded of the book’s theme of self-reflection and consciously treading through life. He passes on his rich wisdom in the form of stanzas that help the reader confront everyday challenges with practical tools. Sunim offers the advice that slowing down is the key to self-reflection and better understanding our emotional state of mind on a more complex and deeper level. The book is a collection of essays, with each discussing a different aspect of an individual’s life such as love, passion, mindfulness, spirituality, and the future. The author guides the reader through a deep and mindful state in an ever-evolving and fast-paced world by using wise anecdotes and lessons. “The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down: How to Be Calm in a Busy World” is a mindfulness guide written by Haemin Sunim, a South Korean Zen Buddhist monk.