{"id":1581,"date":"2021-11-09T14:30:14","date_gmt":"2021-11-09T14:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lensq.com\/?p=1581"},"modified":"2021-11-09T14:30:14","modified_gmt":"2021-11-09T14:30:14","slug":"how-to-love-thich-nhat-hanh-book-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lensq.com\/index.php\/2021\/11\/09\/how-to-love-thich-nhat-hanh-book-review\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Love &#8211; Thich Nhat Hanh &#8211; Book Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I love reading Thich Nhat Hanh books not because I will learn something new but because he packs the book with peace he has accumulated in his practise. Every part of what he writes is something you already know or would have read somewhere but his style is simply mesmerizing. On any given day, if all you are looking for is peace, pick up his book and get lost in it for an hour, you will feel a change in your energy. You might also learn a thing or two.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Key concepts from How to Love<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Expand your heart so that your suffering feels very small\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Respect your partner always<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Love comes from a place of compassion<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If there is no happiness inside you, how can you share it with others?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Love can\u2019t exist without trust and confidence<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You are already beautiful as you are. Learn to accept yourself\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sometimes love is all about appreciating the other person for their virtues<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Practise hugging meditation. When you hug, the other person should be able to feel your presence<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Physical intimacy, emotional intimacy and spiritual intimacy go hand in hand<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Loving someone doesn\u2019t mean you say yes all the time<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Love is not a prison. It is a space<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Loving deeply involves understanding your loved one by asking about their sufferings and longings<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Practice conscious breathing with your partner<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Listen deeply to see the other person more deeply<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A true partner helps you discover inside you the beauty you have been seeking outside<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If a relationship doesn\u2019t provide joy, it is not true love<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When you love someone, you should be able to help them suffer less<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Love brings protection and safety when you accept the other person\u2019s weaknesses and help the person transform<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When you are upset and hurt, express it openly for the other person to see the pain<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Don\u2019t allow pride to come in between to express your needs<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sometimes you need to take care of yourself to discover the beauty in the other person<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you don\u2019t reconcile with yourself, happiness with another person is impossible<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Humans make mistakes due to lack of skill and not on purpose<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You have to feel at home with yourself before you let another person into your home<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you have a deep aspiration, a goal for your life, then your loving of others is part of this aspiration and not a distraction from it.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you don\u2019t know how to nourish and feed your love, it will die<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the person we love there is suffering that we haven\u2019t seen yet. If we haven\u2019t yet understood that person, we can\u2019t be their best friend<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Understanding is the foundation of love<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Treat your partner like a flower. A flower grows when you provide the right amount of sunshine and water<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To love is not to possess the other person or to consume all their attention and love. To love is to offer the other person joy and a balm for their suffering<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If we have happy parents, we have received the richest inheritance of all<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Selective watering is the process of watering the good seeds and giving the healthy and positive elements in our consciousness a chance to manifest.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Happy learning to Love!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I love reading Thich Nhat Hanh books not because I will learn something new but because he packs the book with peace he has accumulated in his practise. 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