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You Belong

By: Sebene Selassie
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"A powerful work of spirituality and anti-racism." (Publishers Weekly)

"If you read one book in 2020, make it this one." (Tricycle)

From much-admired meditation expert Sebene Selassie, You Belong is a call to action, exploring our tangled relationship with belonging, connection, and each other

You are not separate. You never were. You never will be.We are not separate from each other. But we don’t always believe it, and we certainly don’t always practice it. In fact, we often practice the opposite - disconnection and domination. From unconscious bias to “cancel culture”, denial of our inherent interconnection limits our own freedom.

In You Belong, much-admired meditation expert Sebene Selassie reveals that accepting our belonging is the key to facing the many challenges currently impacting our world. Using ancient philosophy, multidisciplinary research, exquisite storytelling, and razor-sharp wit, Selassie leads us in an exploration of all the ways we separate (and thus suffer) and offers a map back to belonging. To belong is to experience joy in any moment: to feel pleasure, dance in public, accept death, forgive what seems unforgivable, and extend kindness to yourself and others. To belong is also to acknowledge injustice, reckon with history, and face our own shadows.

Full of practical advice and profound revelations, You Belong makes a winning case for resisting the forces that demand separation and reclaiming the connection - and belonging - that have been ours all along.

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©2020 Sebene Selassie (P)2020 HarperCollins Publishers
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The Best Read You Could Gift Yourself With

I was already pretty keen on Sebane's words and teachings, and her voice too, but this just blew me away with the manner of explaining the simplicity of Belonging. While it could very easily be written in a convaluted way, but Sebane explains how we do already Belong, and always have done. We lost our way thanks to those who've separated Us from the earth we walk on, and the air around Us, by building walls in our minds as well as our lands. Once I'd finished the book, I went straight back Chapter One to enjoy it once again. I've NEVER done that with an audiobook, but this deserved a second hearing. I want to buy this book to give to my pals, my kids and just about anyone I meet - especially those I would be unlikely to get to know otherwise. Thank you so much Sebane, wishing you all the very best of health and Belonging. I figure you can never have too much of those two wishes.

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Thoughtful and deeply impactful. Five stars!

As a mitra of the London Buddhist Center since November 2020, this book has helped me step on the Path unconditionally with Sebene's generous sharing of her own journey, deeply personal loves, joys, and coping with death in such an uplifting manner!

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I learned so much

I feel priveledged to have read this as Sebene shares her stories and experience with the world. This book was not written for me, a white cis female, but I felt inspired by the content.

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