Mindfulness Plain and Simple Chapter 1

Welcome to this 10 part series based on my book Mindfulness Plain & Simple. Over the next 10 days we will explore why human beings have so much trouble being happy, as well as discovering how to untangle this suffering and find peace right now. Let's begin with a quote from chapter 1: "It is not what happens to us that causes our suffering. Our suffering is caused by believing the stories our minds tell us about what happens to us." Indeed, the only suffering comes from inside, as does peace and happiness. The mind is so hypnotic that it seems as if the outside world dictates our inner experience, but in reality the reverse is true. When you learn to step from the world of thinking to the here and now, life becomes free and easy, today I invite you to begin this journey.