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RESOURCES ABOUT SERVING
Aurelius, Meditations. Stoic Roman Emperor discusses his rules for living a rich life including tips on serving others, conquering obsessive thinking and accepting life’s di culties without complaint.
Boorstein, Sylvia, It’s Easier an you ink. Many spiritual teachers are lousy writers. Boorstein is an exception. She is funny, chatty and inspiring. Feels like co ee at Starbucks with a friend just returned from volunteering in India.
Brach, Tara, Radical Acceptance, Getting out of our own way and helping others is not only productive, it leads to a deeper way of seeing. Also, try www.tarabrach. com for guided meditations, lectures on overcoming self obsession and managing su ering and desire.
Camus, Albert, Lyrical and Critical Essays, An existentialist’s take on happiness, despair and how service ampli es our love for life.
Chodron, Pema, Numerous books on the importance of serving others. e Pema Chodron Foundation (https// pemachodronfoundation.org) is dedicated to preserving and sharing
the e orts of groups and not-for-pro t organizations who serve people in need.
Duhigg, Charles, e Power of Habit.
A well-known, credentialed business reporter o ers keys to unlocking areas of “stuckness” in our lives—service to others is a big one.
I serve best, not only when advocating my client’s legal interest, but also when counseling against the impossible, the unethical, the unfair.”
Frankl, Viktor, Man’s Search for Meaning. No matter how di cult our lives, circumstances have only the meaning we give them. We usually cannot control what comes our way but we always have the choice of how to react. Mindful service is helping without judging “good” or “bad.”
Kabat Zinn, Jon Full Catastrophe Living. Primer on the importance of developing an understanding of the oneness we share with all living beings and shi ing from reaction to response based on such an appreciation. Circumstances do not matter, our choices do.
Korn eld, Jack, A er the Ecstasy, the Laundry. Getting outside the false self (ego) requires focus on others.
Shojai, Pedram, e Urban Monk. Doctor, Taoist monk, lmmaker, environmentalist. A straightforward, common sense program, including service and volunteering, built on Western Science and Eastern wisdom. Superb.
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