Joan Halifax Standing at the Edge (Paperback)

Description: Further DetailsTitle: Standing at the EdgeCondition: NewEAN: 9781250101358ISBN: 9781250101358Publisher: Flatiron BooksFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 12/01/2019Item Height: 155mmItem Length: 233mmAuthor: Joan HalifaxLanguage: EnglishSubtitle: Finding Freedom Where Fear and Courage MeetISBN-10: 1250101352Description: Roshi Joan Halifax has enriched countless lives of millions around the world through her work as a social activist, anthropologist, and Buddhist teacher. Over many decades, she has also collaborated with neuroscientists, clinicians, and psychologists to understand how contemplative practice can be a vehicle for social transformation. This work led her to an understanding of how our greatest challenges can become the most valuable source of our wisdom - and how we can transform suffering into the power of compassion for the benefit of others.Halifax has identified five psychological territories she calls Edge States - altruism, empathy, integrity, respect, and engagement - that epitomise strength of character. Yet each of these states can also be the cause of personal and social suffering. In this way, these five psychological experiences form edges, and it is only when we stand at these edges that we become open to the full range of our human experience and discover who we really are. Recounting the experiences of caregivers, activists, humanitarians, politicians, parents, and teachers, incorporating the wisdom of Zen traditions and mindfulness practices, and rooted in Halifax’s ground-breaking research on compassion, STANDING AT THE EDGE is destined to become a contemporary classic. A powerful guide on how to find the freedom we seek for others and ourselves, it is a book that will serve us all.Country/Region of Manufacture: USItem Width: 25mmItem Weight: 332gGenre: Philosophy & SpiritualityRelease Year: 2019 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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