Table of Contents
New Foreword Jon Kabat-Zinn ix
Part 1 Healing the Body Politic 1
Healing the Body Politic 3
"I Read the News Today, Oh Boy" 19
Reminding Myself That Self-Righteousness Is Not Helpful 32
Politics Not as Usual in the Twenty-First Century 39
Lessons from Medicine 51
The Taming Power of the Small 64
Mindfulness and Democracy 68
Talking Vietnam Meditation Blues-A Snapshot from the Past, or Is It the Present? And the Future? 73
Wag the Dog 81
"I Don't Know What I Would Have Done Without My Practice!" 85
The Suspension of Distraction 89
Moments of Silence 93
The Ascendancy of the Mindful 96
Part 2 Let the Beauty We Love Be What We Do 101
Different Ways of Knowing Make Us Wiser 103
On the Doorstep: Karma Meets Dharma-A Quantum Leap for Homo Sapiens Sapiens 112
Reflections on the Nature of Nature and Where We Fit In 120
Hidden Dimensions Unfurled 127
Keeping Things in Perspective 129
Acknowledgments 135
Related Readings 139
Credits and Permissions 149
Index 154
About the Author 160
Guided Mindfulness Meditation Practices with Jon Kabat-Zinn 162