The Key and the Name of the Key Is Willingness

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Summary: The hardest to learn is the least complicated
Review: "The Key" explains Zen concepts in beautiful simplicity. I like that it was hand written (not typeset); it seems truly personal. This book was my introduction to Zen (and to the rest of Cheri Huber's books). What a joy! Zen is so clear and so simple that it almost seems complex. "The Key" contains so many pearls of wisdom that I find myself re-reading it. Each time I revisit the book, I find a new insight.

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Summary: Awesome book
Review: "The Key" explains Zen concepts in beautiful simplicity. I like that it was hand written (not typeset); it seems truly personal. This book was my introduction to Zen (and to the rest of Cheri Huber's books). What a joy! Zen is so clear and so simple that it almost seems complex. "The Key" contains so many pearls of wisdom that I find myself re-reading it. Each time I revisit the book, I find a new insight.

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Summary: A life changing experience
Review: Cheri Huber distills the essence of the ancient wisdom traditions without academic or literary pretense. This book is a joy. It cuts through our tendency to overanalyze and complicate reality. She presents the choices we too often make unconsciously as part of our inevitable spiritual unfolding. Willingness becomes a stark existential vantage point from which we can see ourselves clearly and compassionately.

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Summary: "The Key," changed my point of view forever!
Review: I offer these words in loving-kindness as the words and pictures in this awesome book are offered to you.

In 1991, Tich Nhat Hanh's simple statement, "Understanding and love are not two things, but just one," in "Peace is Every Step," put on me the middle way. The awesome, life changing wisdom in this little book has kept me there.

Lovingly scribbled and illustrated (thanks so much June!) on the pages of this treasure is a practical approach to realizing the "Now What, But How" Compassion that is Zen. If you do not read anything else by Cheri Huber, read "The Key." If you find you love, "The Key," as I did, be sure to read "That Which You Are Seeking Is Causing You to Seek."

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Summary: The essence of ZEN, simple and to the point.
Review: Outstanding book. In this modern age where spirituality is revisiting ancient teachings it is a pleasure to read something that doesn't leave you wondering what it means. Very practical for every day life, often funny and easy to read, any 6th grader will get "IT". I read this book years ago, long before it had an ISBN number and thankfully I am now able to get copies easily.

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Summary: Read and read again
Review: This is one of those books that one reads and reads again over the course of time. I have had a copy this book for over ten years now and have read it at different seasons of my life. Every time I pull it from the bookcase I see and learn something new. I highly recommend this manual on living and put it near the top of my list of ten most influential books. Enjoy.

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Summary: Fundamentally Zen
Review: Very nice, simple read. Friendly little reminder that the world is perfect just the way it is if we would only let it be, but then again, that is what we are doing after all. Learning how to be conscious of this is our challenge. This book will put you to the test.

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Summary: Awesome book
Review: Very simple, direct and practical way to approach life. If you are new to this kind of thinking, this book does an excellent job of discussing the issues and challenging you to rethink where you are.