About the Book
Life today can feel so fragmented! Often we face enormous pressures both on the work front and at home. Irritable and drained at the end of a long day, we wonder what it was all about. But if we look at our choices through Easwaran's eyes, it's surprising how quickly we begin to discover patience, peace and meaning. In Take Your Time, Easwaran shows us through his timeless stories that we could try something different next time we're feeling stressed.
We could use his techniques to:
-Slow down inwardly, even if we have a lot to do
-Stay calmer, more patient, more loving with all around us
-Improve concentration-do one thing at a time and do it well
-Keep our attention in the present so we don't waste energy on worry and resentment
-Simplify our lives and avoid trying to do too much
Get a sense of life's true purpose
Step back, slow down, and find a doorway to joy and serenity where you might never have thought to look.
About the Author
Eknath Easwaran was Professor of English Literature at the University of Nagpur, India, and an established writer, when he came to the United States on the Fulbright exchange program in 1959. As Founder and Director of the Blue Mountain Center of Meditation and the Nilgiri Press, he taught the classics of world mysticism and the practice of meditation from 1960 till his death in 1999.
Foreword
I had the privilege of knowing someone who had full possession of every moment - all the time there is. And he gave it away freely.
Time isn't a thing, of course. We can't really possess it or give it in the same way as we can give an object. When I say Eknath Easwaran had all the time there is, I mean that he lived completely in the present. Instead of being hurried by time, he was master of it.
Living in the moment is not the prerogative of mystics. It is prized by athletes, dancers, and other performing artists. Without warning, they tell us, they sometimes find themselves so absorbed in what they are doing that events slip into slow motion; time even seems to stop.