You Belong
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- €20.99
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- €20.99
Publisher Description
""A POWERFUL WORK OF SPIRITUALITY AND ANTI-RACISM""—Publishers Weekly
""IF YOU READ ONE BOOK IN 2020, MAKE IT THIS ONE.""—Tricycle
From much-admired meditation expert Sebene Selassie, You Belong is a call to action, exploring our tangled relationship with belonging, connection, and each other
You are not separate. You never were. You never will be.
We are not separate from each other. But we don’t always believe it, and we certainly don’t always practice it. In fact, we often practice the opposite—disconnection and domination. From unconscious bias to “cancel culture,” denial of our inherent interconnection limits our own freedom.
In You Belong, much-admired meditation expert Sebene Selassie reveals that accepting our belonging is the key to facing the many challenges currently impacting our world. Using ancient philosophy, multidisciplinary research, exquisite storytelling, and razor-sharp wit, Selassie leads us in an exploration of all the ways we separate (and thus suffer) and offers a map back to belonging.
To belong is to experience joy in any moment: to feel pleasure, dance in public, accept death, forgive what seems unforgivable, and extend kindness to yourself and others. To belong is also to acknowledge injustice, reckon with history, and face our own shadows. Full of practical advice and profound revelations, You Belong makes a winning case for resisting the forces that demand separation and reclaiming the connection—and belonging—that have been ours all along.
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APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
For meditation teacher and Western Buddhism expert Sebene Selassie, the secret to finding deep happiness is simple—we need to feel like we belong. But achieving that sense of connectedness in our busy modern lives can be tricky, and that’s why Selassie created this fantastic meditation guide. As she walks us through traditional Buddhist techniques for focusing the mind, Selassie explores how the empathetic philosophies behind the practices can help foster that elusive feeling of oneness between us and the rest of the world. We were moved by the way Selassie frames these practices in deeply personal terms, explaining what her spiritual practice has meant to her as a Black woman coping with a racist society, as a survivor of multiple serious cancer scares, and as a human being dealing with the isolation of the COVID-19 pandemic. Best of all, Selassie’s voice and delivery are warm and encouraging, making you feel welcome and safe even if this mindfulness stuff is all new to you.
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