Looking At Mindfulness: Twenty-five Paintings to Change the Way You Live

Looking at Mindfulness: Twenty-five Paintings to Change the Way You Live
by Christophe Andre

Discussion Questions

1.  How do intelligence and experience keep us in contact with the world? (p. 6)

2.  What is immersive awareness? (p. 18)

3.  Why is it useful to monitor our breath? (p. 22)

4.  What are the differences between noises, sound, and music? (p. 44)

5.  What is hypercontrol?  What are its risks? (p. 69)

6.  What is awareness? What does André say is the fundamental tool of awareness? (p. 80-81)

7.  What is contemplation and how does it help us? (p. 118)

8.  What is the difference between assimilation and accommodation? (p. 151)

9.  According to André, how does mindfulness help us cope with suffering? 

10. Choose one of the paintings from the book and explain the lesson we can take away from it.