Light Waves: Fine Tuning the Mind

by David K. Reynolds

Book Overview

"No one lives within a continuous stream of peak experiences. Everyday life is both ordinary and marvelous. While sailing your mind in the sky, don't forget to have your car serviced regularly." Light Waves continues the themes of Morita and Naikan psychotherapy found in David Reynolds' highly popular Constructive Living (UH Press, 1984) and The Quiet Therapies: Japanese Pathways to Personal Growth (UH Press, 1980). A book of reflections--inspired in part by the Denkoroku, a work written by a Soto Zen monk--Light Waves will appeal to readers of any faith. It reiterates the spiritual importance of everyday life and encourages readers to experience whatever reality presents and do whatever needs to be done moment-by-moment. Thought-provoking puzzles, designed to fine tune the mind, appear throughout.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824823788
• ISBN13: 9780824823788
• Release Date: November 2000
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

A Practical Handbook for Modern Living

David K Reynolds is our foremost author on the subject of "Constructive Living", part philosophy, part Shinto-Buddhism, part psychotherapy, but 100% practical and useful in our normal daily life. David's style always amazes me and this book is no exception: In a short, affordable volume of less than 100 pages, in an afternoon's reading and for less than the cost of lunch, he asks those questions which strike right at the very heart of our troubles and changes our lives forever. This is not a book about buddhism, it's not about digging in your psychological closets, it's just plain sense insight into how we can live more constructively.