The Zen cat, the wisest pet in the feline world, tells the story of chimpanzees who, acting in groups, do not think or reflect on their actions.
Master of philosophy, the pussy reports that, on the evolutionary scale, chimpanzees are very close relatives of men, the genetic similarity between them is more than 99%.
Intelligent and talented, the little cat also teaches that genetics is dedicated to studying how traits pass from father to son over the generations.
The common problem between men and monkeys - teaches the Zen cat - is that often they both act without thinking, adopting the behavior of the gangs: where one goes, the others follow, without any reflection.
The cute philosopher tells this story to teach how easily humans are attracted to things and adventures that look like treasures. Here is one of his teachings:
“Men spend all their time looking for beautiful and great things; and, like chimpanzees, they turn their lives into a pit of futility and unhappiness. The real treasures are already stored somewhere in the heart, hidden in some corner at the bottom of the soul. To find them, it is enough to value family and friends, to venerate kindness, to appreciate patience and solidarity, to worship fraternity and to master the art of thought, the magic of critical reflection”.
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The “Collection teaching children and their daddies tothink” consists of 10 books.
All of them present simple and inspiring stories designed to enable communion between parents and children.
In a playful way, each book presents a narrative where fun teachings stand out. They are lessons based on the philosophy that interacts meditation and conduct. But not any mental contemplation and any action, but meditation and conduct that are anchored in critical reflection.
How to deal with problems, from the simplest and most ordinary - which emerge from day to day - to the most serious and complex? More than that, how to process them without losing sight of creativity and rationality, putting principles and values on the same scale, self-esteem and collectivity, respect for differences and tolerance, fraternity and solidarity.
The need to keep emotions in a state of equilibrium, the stimulus to curiosity and investigation, the impetus to successive questions, the importance of giving relevance to informal education as well, the development of skills that make it possible to deconstruct thinking in order to reconstruct it in new ways bases, are some of the inputs explored in the books of the Collection.
How to think better? Wouldn't happiness be in the little things that are tangled up in everyday life? And as for justice, democratic principles and ethical values, are they not the pillars that support the virtuous man? These are questions that the author developed and that structure the scenarios present in the stories, a privileged space where parents and children - through readings and discussions - will learn from each other.
Each child is a unique and special being. This is the reference of the 10 books in the collection:
“Collection teaching children and their dads to think” - 10 books:
Book 1. The little Zen panda
Book 2. The little Zen frog
Book 3. It is better to think before you speak
Book 4. Challenges are needed
Book 5. Peace is the basis of everything
Book 6. Kindness can do everything
Book 7. The secret of happiness
Book 8. The beautiful and rich woman and her ugly and poor sister
Book 9. The little Zen cat
Book 10. The little Zen dog
The autor:
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See, below, the ten books of the Collection:
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