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329 Haiku Poems for your spiritual practice
This is my first book, published on the 10th of October, 2018. It was published in the very first year when I started up writing, which was exactly in May 2018.
"329 Haiku Poems For Your Spiritual Practice" is a collection of Zen free-form haikus that are created to inspire you more in your practice, on your spiritual path.
Each haiku (short 3 lines Japanese zen poem) is intended to be read slowly and meditated upon. It will bring mindfulness and improve meditation to the one who practices it.
The book is organized in 29 categories, all related to virtues, human traits and spiritual terms such as acceptance, awareness, compassion, mindfulness, freedom, nature, Buddha-nature, contemplation, emptiness, Enlightenment, equanimity, gratitude, humbleness, presence, joyfulness and so on.
Currently, the book is available as an eBook on all major platforms and also as a print-on-demand softcover book, only on European Amazon websites.
I am planning to record this eBook as an Audio Book soon, for those of you who are usually on the run and have less time to read.
Here's the GoodReads link to the book
329 Haiku Poems For Your Spiritual Practice
Blessings
"329 Haiku Poems For Your Spiritual Practice" is a collection of Zen free-form haikus that are created to inspire you more in your practice, on your spiritual path.
Each haiku (short 3 lines Japanese zen poem) is intended to be read slowly and meditated upon. It will bring mindfulness and improve meditation to the one who practices it.
The book is organized in 29 categories, all related to virtues, human traits and spiritual terms such as acceptance, awareness, compassion, mindfulness, freedom, nature, Buddha-nature, contemplation, emptiness, Enlightenment, equanimity, gratitude, humbleness, presence, joyfulness and so on.
Currently, the book is available as an eBook on all major platforms and also as a print-on-demand softcover book, only on European Amazon websites.
I am planning to record this eBook as an Audio Book soon, for those of you who are usually on the run and have less time to read.
Here's the GoodReads link to the book
329 Haiku Poems For Your Spiritual Practice
Blessings
70 Daily Reflections For Your Spiritual Awakening
This is the 2nd book that I wrote, which focuses on aspects that we run into, while we are Awakening while walking on our spiritual paths.
In "70 Daily Reflections For Your Spiritual Awakening", I am presenting 70 reflections or meditations on different spiritual topics, such as the Ego and the Higher Self, presence and mindfulness, compassion, happiness, karma, letting go, Enlightenment, solitude, unconditional love, forgiveness, meekness, truth, positive affirmations, change, non-attachment, Buddha-nature and also other dynamics that usually appear and manifest on the path of our spiritual practice.
These reflections are really helpful for anyone who is looking to find his or her inner self, that deeper spiritual dimension of ourselves, where love and compassion manifest abundantly.
Each of these meditations is spanning one, two or even three pages, but the information contained is rather condensed. You can choose to read a few chapters a day or just jump in and read the chapter that you feel drawn to, as many times as you need.
If you want a real and lasting transformation, you need to read slowly and with focused attention each chapter many times and take time to meditate on particular phrases that you find of interest. In this way, you can start to see the seeds of awakening planted in this book blooming in your soul's garden and also healing you as well through the wisdom that is to be found inside each of them.
May all these reflections, that I wrote with much carefulness and consideration, help you in your daily life and walk along with you on the path of your spiritual Awakening.
Here's the GoodReads link to the book
70 Daily Reflections For Your Spiritual Awakening
I am planning to also record an AudioBook version for this book, for those of you who are always on the run.
Blessings
In "70 Daily Reflections For Your Spiritual Awakening", I am presenting 70 reflections or meditations on different spiritual topics, such as the Ego and the Higher Self, presence and mindfulness, compassion, happiness, karma, letting go, Enlightenment, solitude, unconditional love, forgiveness, meekness, truth, positive affirmations, change, non-attachment, Buddha-nature and also other dynamics that usually appear and manifest on the path of our spiritual practice.
These reflections are really helpful for anyone who is looking to find his or her inner self, that deeper spiritual dimension of ourselves, where love and compassion manifest abundantly.
Each of these meditations is spanning one, two or even three pages, but the information contained is rather condensed. You can choose to read a few chapters a day or just jump in and read the chapter that you feel drawn to, as many times as you need.
If you want a real and lasting transformation, you need to read slowly and with focused attention each chapter many times and take time to meditate on particular phrases that you find of interest. In this way, you can start to see the seeds of awakening planted in this book blooming in your soul's garden and also healing you as well through the wisdom that is to be found inside each of them.
May all these reflections, that I wrote with much carefulness and consideration, help you in your daily life and walk along with you on the path of your spiritual Awakening.
Here's the GoodReads link to the book
70 Daily Reflections For Your Spiritual Awakening
I am planning to also record an AudioBook version for this book, for those of you who are always on the run.
Blessings
Excerpt from "70 Daily Reflections For Your Spiritual Awakening"
70 Daily Reflections For Your Spiritual Awakening
chapter 18: Enlightenment
Enlightenment is the natural state of our being, where one is happy with what he is, with what he has. Because of the innumerable wrong choices, we did in the past, attaining Enlightenment is now necessary to restore the true quality of our beings and of our lives. To untangle from Samsara, the world of suffering, one has to work his way on his spiritual path, to cleanse oneself of non-virtues, to be more aligned with the divine Will, to be more aligned with our Creator, to love more and to be more dedicated in helping and alleviating others' suffering. We all love our spiritual paths and all these paths lead to the same thing: Enlightenment or Salvation, as the followers of Christ say. This is just a term that means witnessing the world as Being Awake or the realization of our true nature, seeing everything as it really is, with a clear vision, with no preconceptions, labels or any kind of mental filters. When we manage to get there, we experience life fully through direct experience and we feel great happiness. But to reach that place, we need to work on understanding and uncovering our real selves and we also need to actively work on transforming this world, as much as we can, into a better place. Being active in our lives brings a lot of useful experience and wisdom, that we can use to progress on our spiritual paths. And that means we need to establish a spiritual practice of our own choice that will lead us there.
There are many things that one can say about Enlightenment, but basically it is the state where you love everything from the depths of your heart and you understand and accept every little thing with great ease. You will not only understand everything but also love everything for what it is. Your head is now empty of illusory things and attachment to worldly values, your being is filled with the love of the world, you feel the world is full of wonders and you are in awe for your existence. You do not suffer anymore, your life has become a gift, from the Creator. You are dwelling in peace and bliss for you can now see the Beauty of the Creation around you in full bloom. You are witnessing the wonder of this world as you peacefully exist Now outside duality, in Oneness. It means that you've stepped out of duality and now reside with your soul and your whole being in the beautiful realm of Oneness, where duality is absolutely transcended, as a reward for your steady efforts and virtuous acts that you've done on your spiritual path. Only the Awakened Ones have this privilege. And as the Awakened Ones are also Bodhisattvas, which are regular people like you and me that have dedicated their whole lives to their spiritual practice and to bringing to Awakening every soul, until there is no one left to suffer on this planet, everyone can choose to dedicate their lives to doing so. It is only a matter of assuming this responsibility, on your spiritual path, of becoming a person that works for the benefit of others and Enlightenment will just be a goal that you set on your spiritual path. You are hoping in this way to reach Enlightenment, for the sole purpose of benefiting every other sentient being reach theirs while walking every day on your path to Awakening.
chapter 18: Enlightenment
Enlightenment is the natural state of our being, where one is happy with what he is, with what he has. Because of the innumerable wrong choices, we did in the past, attaining Enlightenment is now necessary to restore the true quality of our beings and of our lives. To untangle from Samsara, the world of suffering, one has to work his way on his spiritual path, to cleanse oneself of non-virtues, to be more aligned with the divine Will, to be more aligned with our Creator, to love more and to be more dedicated in helping and alleviating others' suffering. We all love our spiritual paths and all these paths lead to the same thing: Enlightenment or Salvation, as the followers of Christ say. This is just a term that means witnessing the world as Being Awake or the realization of our true nature, seeing everything as it really is, with a clear vision, with no preconceptions, labels or any kind of mental filters. When we manage to get there, we experience life fully through direct experience and we feel great happiness. But to reach that place, we need to work on understanding and uncovering our real selves and we also need to actively work on transforming this world, as much as we can, into a better place. Being active in our lives brings a lot of useful experience and wisdom, that we can use to progress on our spiritual paths. And that means we need to establish a spiritual practice of our own choice that will lead us there.
There are many things that one can say about Enlightenment, but basically it is the state where you love everything from the depths of your heart and you understand and accept every little thing with great ease. You will not only understand everything but also love everything for what it is. Your head is now empty of illusory things and attachment to worldly values, your being is filled with the love of the world, you feel the world is full of wonders and you are in awe for your existence. You do not suffer anymore, your life has become a gift, from the Creator. You are dwelling in peace and bliss for you can now see the Beauty of the Creation around you in full bloom. You are witnessing the wonder of this world as you peacefully exist Now outside duality, in Oneness. It means that you've stepped out of duality and now reside with your soul and your whole being in the beautiful realm of Oneness, where duality is absolutely transcended, as a reward for your steady efforts and virtuous acts that you've done on your spiritual path. Only the Awakened Ones have this privilege. And as the Awakened Ones are also Bodhisattvas, which are regular people like you and me that have dedicated their whole lives to their spiritual practice and to bringing to Awakening every soul, until there is no one left to suffer on this planet, everyone can choose to dedicate their lives to doing so. It is only a matter of assuming this responsibility, on your spiritual path, of becoming a person that works for the benefit of others and Enlightenment will just be a goal that you set on your spiritual path. You are hoping in this way to reach Enlightenment, for the sole purpose of benefiting every other sentient being reach theirs while walking every day on your path to Awakening.
Excerpt from "329 Haiku Poems For Your Spiritual Practice"
Mindfulness
1. A lily’s scent passes on
Over the trees
Of the silent mind, at night.
2. The painting tries to express
The mixed feelings of the painter
A butterfly rests effortlessly on its corner.
3. And at some point
Mindfulness arose all of the sudden,
Out of the thousands gaps of meditation.
4. A full day in mindful spirit
Cleans up thousands of unaware moments,
I am washing carefully my hands clean.
5. Not sloppy but also not too tense
Finding my balance
In this fast paced world.
6. Inside my mind
Empty of thoughts,
Everything else reflects as in a mirror.
7. Poised with concentration
I rest alert, with a clean mind,
Everything is as it should be.
8. Everyday, digging the fountain of mindfulness,
The more I dig,
The more water it can hold.
9. The more tranquil my mind is
The more unique and beautiful
My drapes have become.
10. Me and the curtain close to me
Are inseparable friends
In whatever I write.
11. Being one with any object I might choose
From my immediate surroundings
The bigger the object, the more peaceful my mind is.
12. This cup of coffee
Contains in itself
All my future mental projections.
1. A lily’s scent passes on
Over the trees
Of the silent mind, at night.
2. The painting tries to express
The mixed feelings of the painter
A butterfly rests effortlessly on its corner.
3. And at some point
Mindfulness arose all of the sudden,
Out of the thousands gaps of meditation.
4. A full day in mindful spirit
Cleans up thousands of unaware moments,
I am washing carefully my hands clean.
5. Not sloppy but also not too tense
Finding my balance
In this fast paced world.
6. Inside my mind
Empty of thoughts,
Everything else reflects as in a mirror.
7. Poised with concentration
I rest alert, with a clean mind,
Everything is as it should be.
8. Everyday, digging the fountain of mindfulness,
The more I dig,
The more water it can hold.
9. The more tranquil my mind is
The more unique and beautiful
My drapes have become.
10. Me and the curtain close to me
Are inseparable friends
In whatever I write.
11. Being one with any object I might choose
From my immediate surroundings
The bigger the object, the more peaceful my mind is.
12. This cup of coffee
Contains in itself
All my future mental projections.
New book coming up
I'm in the process of finishing up editing a Zen haiku love poems book, that will probably be available next year (2020), somewhere in January or February.
The book will first be available in eBook format on all major online stores and after 1-2 weeks also in paperback (softcover format), only on European Amazon stores + a few others, as print-on-demand.
It will be a delight to read, especially for you dreamers out there with a sense for romance, passion and kindness.
I personally think it is the perfect Christmas gift or something that your girl or partner would definitely appreciate. I tried to keep the poems meaningful and focused on love, in all its aspects.
Namaste
The book will first be available in eBook format on all major online stores and after 1-2 weeks also in paperback (softcover format), only on European Amazon stores + a few others, as print-on-demand.
It will be a delight to read, especially for you dreamers out there with a sense for romance, passion and kindness.
I personally think it is the perfect Christmas gift or something that your girl or partner would definitely appreciate. I tried to keep the poems meaningful and focused on love, in all its aspects.
Namaste
I published the 2nd edition for "329 Haiku Poems For Your Spiritual Practice"
Coming in effect the 2nd of March 2020, I have updated my first haiku poems book, "329 Haiku Poems For Your Spiritual Practice".
The book now has 153 pages, in both eBook and paperback version, and contains updated poems and also descriptive information for all chapters.
Everything is reorganized so the flow of the paperback and also of the eBook is smoother, becoming a real study book for the contemplative spiritual practitioner.
The book now has 153 pages, in both eBook and paperback version, and contains updated poems and also descriptive information for all chapters.
Everything is reorganized so the flow of the paperback and also of the eBook is smoother, becoming a real study book for the contemplative spiritual practitioner.
"Mindfulness in Your Everyday Life" is out on the 21st of August, 2020
My first solid spiritual title, "Mindfulness in Your Everyday Life", will be out on the 21st of August, 2020.
This is the 1st book from the series called "The Golden Path", which will feature a long list of 13 books, that will give any beginner on the spiritual path a solid reference in spiritual practices, practicing the virtues, and glimpses into the regular life of a spiritual practitioner.
"Mindfulness in Your Everyday Life" is a book that you need to have if you are looking to be more conscious in your daily decisions, and if you want to see life through a clear and unobstructed perception.
The simple practice of mindfulness, which can be explained in a few words as "directing our awareness in the present moment", can help us maintain a clear mind and sharp attention, and it is discussed, explained, and analyzed from many different perspectives, uncovering most of the facets of conscious living, in our today's society.
This book is all about mindful living, where two different practices are recurrently present, as a means to sustain our conscious approach: mindfulness and meditation. I am presenting simple techniques that will sustain a conscious approach to life, where your perception will always be clear and rooted in the present moment, and your life will always have a stress-free, relaxed, and aware point of view.
Even if you already know about mindfulness or that you are looking to find a resource to explain it more in-depth for you, this book manages to touch most of the aspects that are related to our mind, to our relationship that we have with this world, to the direct experience that we can have when we befriend and transcend our Ego, and mostly, to our personal relationship with the dynamic and ever-changing present moment.
I hope that everyone that reads my book will get to witness, in time, their pristine, clear, and natural state of mind, getting to gradually see the gaps of thought, through the practice of mindfulness and meditation, and finally, witnessing the unwavering mind of no-thought, which will illuminate and radically change their perception on life.
Adrian Tanase
Mindfulness in Your Everyday Life
This is the 1st book from the series called "The Golden Path", which will feature a long list of 13 books, that will give any beginner on the spiritual path a solid reference in spiritual practices, practicing the virtues, and glimpses into the regular life of a spiritual practitioner.
"Mindfulness in Your Everyday Life" is a book that you need to have if you are looking to be more conscious in your daily decisions, and if you want to see life through a clear and unobstructed perception.
The simple practice of mindfulness, which can be explained in a few words as "directing our awareness in the present moment", can help us maintain a clear mind and sharp attention, and it is discussed, explained, and analyzed from many different perspectives, uncovering most of the facets of conscious living, in our today's society.
This book is all about mindful living, where two different practices are recurrently present, as a means to sustain our conscious approach: mindfulness and meditation. I am presenting simple techniques that will sustain a conscious approach to life, where your perception will always be clear and rooted in the present moment, and your life will always have a stress-free, relaxed, and aware point of view.
Even if you already know about mindfulness or that you are looking to find a resource to explain it more in-depth for you, this book manages to touch most of the aspects that are related to our mind, to our relationship that we have with this world, to the direct experience that we can have when we befriend and transcend our Ego, and mostly, to our personal relationship with the dynamic and ever-changing present moment.
I hope that everyone that reads my book will get to witness, in time, their pristine, clear, and natural state of mind, getting to gradually see the gaps of thought, through the practice of mindfulness and meditation, and finally, witnessing the unwavering mind of no-thought, which will illuminate and radically change their perception on life.
Adrian Tanase
Mindfulness in Your Everyday Life
