Real-World Enlightenment | Free Book
50 practical tools from mindfulness, psychology, science, and time-honored traditions to help you ease anxiety, overwhelm, and stress.
Beloved mindfulness teacher, best-selling author, and longtime Buddhist practitioner Susan Kaiser Greenland explores time-honored themes that tap into the enduring sense of love, connection, and well-being that is with us regardless of our circumstances. These universal themes—including Change, Humility, Interdependence, Concentration, Joy, Kindness, and Discernment, among many others—help us find emotional and psychological freedom by lessening our reactivity, broadening our perspectives, and deepening our relationships.
Drawing from science, psychology, Buddhism, wisdom traditions, and personal stories, Kaiser Greenland gives us strategies to shift from a narrow survival-driven frame of mind to one that is grounded and expansive. She offers valuable methods to apply these themes daily, including:
Robust tools to manage stress and develop attention, like tapping into sensory pleasures or focusing on a single image or phrase.Catchy slogans that promote emotional balance when you feel overwhelmed, like “drop the baggage,” or “don’t play the scene before you get there.” These and other phrases can interrupt spiraling thoughts and move you back into your comfort zone. Accessible meditations to experience greater equanimity, slow down your thinking process, and heighten awareness of the natural movement of your mind.Time-tested life hacks to care for yourself and others with greater kindness and compassion. Strategies that bring greater ease and effortlessness into your life and relationships by helping you remain flexible and creative, even in challenging situations.And much more.
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“A true practitioner, Susan Kaiser Greenland shares creative tools to
help us begin to recognize our innate wellbeing. These simple
practices, steeped in the wisdom of Tibetan Buddhism, offer the
potential to alleviate suffering. May this book be of benefit to
many.”
—Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche, author of
Turning Confusion into Clarity
“In Real-World Enlightenment, Susan Kaiser Greenland offers wisdom and practical advice for living a more
meaningful, purposeful, and joyful life.”
—Arianna Huffington, Founder and CEO, Thrive Global
“Susan Kaiser Greenland has improved the world immensely by bringing
mindfulness to kids and parents at a time of escalating mental health
challenges. Now she’s taking the concept of enlightenment, often
shrouded in exotica and esoterica, and bringing it into the lives of
regular people in doable and fascinating ways. Bravo.”
—Dan Harris, New York Times bestselling author of
10% Happier
“Real-World Enlightenment is a beautiful book. In easily
accessible, down-to-earth language, Susan Kaiser Greenland helps us
appreciate that everyday glimpses of enlightenment are available right
now. She shows us that it is about the small things we say and do each
day. Sprinkled with compelling anecdotes and simple, easy-to-implement
short practices, this book has something for everyone.”
—Richard J. Davidson, New York Times bestselling author
of The Emotional Life of Your Brain
“Susan Kaiser Greenland’s beautifully written new book ‘enlightens’ us
as it masterfully weaves together personal stories; Buddhist practice
and teachings; literary, cultural, and philosophical references;
scientific research; and practical exercises. Susan’s gift, honed from
years of teaching mindfulness to children, is her ability to take
complex and even esoteric concepts and make them immensely relatable
and accessible to us all. This book is thought-provoking, inspiring,
and a joy to read.”
—Diana Winston, Director of Mindfulness Education at UCLA’s
Mindful Awareness Research Center and author of
The Little Book of Being
“Imagine the humility of an everyday sage who lives with the mortals
among us and has the wisdom and clarity to share her hard-earned
insights and deep, contemplative practice from ancient traditions—and
to weave these with lessons from modern day science for us all to
benefit from. This is the profound gift that Susan Kaiser Greenland
has offered us in this compelling compendium of insights from around
the world that can transform a life of chaos and confusion to one of
clarity and connection. This is a book to treasure on each reading, to
keep on our bed stands for ready access each day, and to offer as a
gift that keeps on giving to anyone we care about, including
ourselves. Thank you, Susan, for such an important offering to the
world during these challenging times for us all.”
—Daniel J. Siegel, MD, New York Times best-selling
author of Aware, IntraConnected, and
Personality and Wholeness in Therapy
“This book offers a practical way to find what many of us are
seeking—waking up to a reality that’s bigger than our limited
self-perceptions. It draws on many spiritual traditions as well as
personal stories to illustrate how enlightenment isn’t some mystical
state to be found only in a cave. It’s a way of relating to each
ordinary moment that can break us out of our usual way of seeing
things and show us the beauty that’s already there.”
—Kristin Neff, author of Self-Compassion
“Real-World Enlightenment is a roadmap for anyone asking, ‘How
can I lead a more meaningful life?’ Weaving together Buddhist wisdom,
literary insights, and personal anecdotes, Susan Kaiser Greenland
takes enlightenment down from the pedestal and empowers us to find
kindness and connection in the precious moments of our everyday life.
With rich wisdom offered through approachable takeaways and practices,
this book can serve as a cherished companion you can return to again
and again on the path to freedom.”
—Sharon Salzberg, author of Lovingkindness and
Real Life
“Inspiring, clear, and practical,
Real-World Enlightenment offers an accessible guide to seekers
everywhere looking to taste the fruits of spiritual practice in
everyday life. Through touching stories, scientific principles, and
personal insight into timeless teachings, Susan has woven an
indispensable guide to a meaningful life in these challenging, modern
times.”
—Oren Jay Sofer, author of Say What You Mean and
Your Heart Was Made for This
“Every so often a book or teacher comes along that manages to be both
simple and profound. In Real-World Enlightenment, Susan
Kaiser-Greenland does just that, stripping the esoteric from the
idea of enlightenment. The real world is heavy enough, and Susan
Kaiser Greenland brings light and a playful energy to practice for
anyone, anywhere, anytime.”
—Dr. Christopher Willard, author of Growing Up Mindful
“Enlightenment for an everyday person like me? Susan Kaiser Greenland
shows us that awakening can be found not only in a cave but in a
kitchen. This much-needed set of beautifully written, relatable, and
down-to-earth teachings helps those of us living in the real world
learn how freedom is found right at home. If the Real Housewives of
Buddhism had a book on their nightstand, it would be
Real-World Enlightenment.”
—Sumi Loundon Kim, Buddhist chaplain, Yale University, and
author of Sitting Together
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