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Pema ChödrönWhen Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1997A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.
Essay Topics
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During meditation, many thoughts arise. Explain how ritually naming each of these thoughts as “thinking” might help meditators to experience less anxiety, stress, or discontentment.
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Think of something you struggle with in your life and imagine accepting it completely. Describe how this would feel. Would your life be better or worse for accepting it, and why?
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What does the author mean by groundlessness, or “no ground under our feet”? How is that idea connected to the concept of acceptance?
