Don Dianda

See for Your Self: Zen Mindfulness for the Next Generation Don Dianda

"See for your Self: Zen Mindfulness for the Next Generation" by Don Dianda offers a guide to mindfulness intended to help those who wish to experience inner peace and a deeper connection with life within the present moment. Receiving his BA from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 2011, the author began writing See for your Self while in his junior year of college and completed the text soon after graduation. Publishing this book at the age of 23, his work is one of the first guides to understanding Zen mindfulness from the perspective of a young adult. He describes his spiritual journey from family troubles, reliance on material comforts, substance abuse, and an overall sense of disconnection, to self-awareness, balance, and a deeper relationship with others, nature, life, and the Self. Reflecting his three years of Zen meditation practice and experience, this book provides key principles to help members of the next generation discover their deeper Selves and learn to inhabit the now in the context of our fast-paced Western culture.