Summary The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down by Haemin Sunim

Title                  : The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down
Author              : Haemin Sunim
Genre(s)           : Self- Help
Publisher          : Great Britain by Penguin Life
Released           : 2018
Country            : United Kingdom
Language         : English
Pages               : 265
ISBN               : 978-0-241-34066-0
  
Haemin Sunim is a Zen monk and professor from South Korea. He give an advice on dealing with life’s challenges and share his advice on social networking sites. His advice generally simple, straightforward, and short. But his advice could help and inspiring people. He discussed the value of slowing down in our busy modern lives, as well as the art of maintaining and cultivating self-compassion.
This book has eight chapters, addressing various aspect of life. Each chapter opens with an essay, which is followed by a series of short massages (quotes) of advice and wisdom addressed directly to the readers. In order to consider one by one, and to reconsider and remember, so the advice may accompany the readers in moments of anxiety or despair, and remained that we are not alone.
First chapter is rest. Haemin Sunim ask the readers to take a rest while we confront trouble in our life. “Don’t struggle to heal your wounds. Just pour time into your heart and wait. When your wounds are ready, they will heal on their own.”
Second chapter is mindfulness. In this chapter we learn how to deal with negative emotions like anger and jealously as well as life’s disappointments. “Life is like theater. You assigned a role. If you don’t like the role, keep in mind that you have the power to re-create the role you want. “
Third chapter is passion. The passion of Haemin Sunim is teaching. He is always enthusiastic while teaching. But his enthusiasm was creating some problem. Then he realized that sometimes we have to temper our eagerness.  “Choose happiness, not success, as your life’s goal. If you become successful but aren’t happy, then what the point?”
Forth chapter is relationships. To be free, happy and can go on living our life, The author want the readers to forgive the person who: betrayed us and left, who stole from us and disappeared, who stabbed us in the back and acted as if nothing happened. “We live among countless relation: family, friends, colleagues, neighbours, etc. Life is good when these relationships are good. Being happy by yourself doesn’t last long.”
Fifth chapter is love. In here Haemin Sunim talks about his first love. He felt in love to American missionary whom he met by chance on the streets of Seoul. But it was unrequited. “We should love people like the sun loves the earth. The sun loves the earth without choosing to.  It nourishes trees and flowers, expecting nothing in return. It does not withhold its rays but brightens everything with its presence.”
Sixth chapter is life. There are three thing we have to do to be happy. First, people are not as interested to us as we had always believed. Second, not everyone has to like us. Third, if we are brutally honest with ourselves, most things we do for others are in fact for ourselves. Stop worrying about what other think and just do what your heart wishes. 
Seventh chapter is the future. Sometimes we worried about our future or unsure about our true calling, in here Haemin Sunim give an advice on how to increase self-awareness and how to discover it. “Your freedom is more important than money. It is better to live the kind of life you want than to earn more and be constrained. Don’t sell your freedom.”
The last chapter is spirituality. This chapter is a little sensitive, because spiritual is always relating to religious belief. Which mean Haemin Sunim talk about his belief “Buddha”. But it is still worth to read and valuables. “Just as my faith is precious and significant to me, wouldn’t it be the same for people of other faiths? Just as my mother is dear and important to me, wouldn’t this be the case for my neighbour and his mother?”
The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down serve as guide, and spiritual advice on everything from handling setback at work to dealing with love and relationships. Also as a calming reminder of the strength and joy that come from slowing down. In addition throughout these book are colour illustrations by Young-Cheol Lee. These are intended as calming interludes, to be lingered over much like the meditation prompts are meant to be.

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