When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
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Pema Chödrön
Pema Chödrön reveals the vast potential for happiness, wisdom and courage even in the most painful circumstances. Pema Chödrön teaches that there is a fundamental opportunity for happiness right within our reach, yet we usually miss it – ironically, while we are caught up in attempt to escape pain and suffering. This accessible guide to compassionate living shows us how we can use painful emotions to cultivate wisdom, compassion and courage, ways of communication that lead to openness and true intimacy with others, practices for reversing our negative habitual patterns, methods for working with chaotic situations and ways to cultivate compassionate, energetic social action Recently profiled in Oprah’s O magazine, Pema Chödrön is a spiritual teacher for anyone – whether they have a spiritual path or not. Her heartfelt advice and wisdom (developed in her 20 years of practice as a Tibetan Buddhist nun as well as her years previously as a normal ‘housewife and mother’) give her a wide appeal. This advice strikes just the right note, offering us comfort and challenging us to live deeply and contribute to creating a more loving world.
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Author
Pema Chödrön
Pages
208
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Published Date
2013-02-14
ISBN
0007370083 9780007370085
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"Started off strong with some useful insights, but became a bit repetitive and preachy"
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Rebekah Travis
"This book was not what I was expecting. the concepts in the book paired well with the mindfulness class I took over the summer. Unfortunately much of it I found I had already learned from other books though there's no problem with reinforcement. what I did really enjoy was the concept of wishing wellness to other people when you need wellness in your life. By wishing wellness to other people You're allowing that kind of gratitude for yourself. Throughout my life I've struggled with situational depression. If I want compassion for myself I should wish compassion for people who have depression. Why just wish it for myself when I could wish it for everyone. The book goes more in depth about why this is impactful but it's something small that I think might bring a little more joy to my life. What I really found interesting was the idea of focusing on the outbreath when meditating. It did make me feel claustrophobic but so does pretty much all forms of meditation. However focusing on the out-breath allows just a little bit of space when you're not having an outbreath when you're breathing in and it is a very interesting experience that I might play around with in the future. One last thing that she talks about is allowing yourself to sit in discomfort or do things that are uncomfortable and realize that that is a normal part of life and not try to escape it. As I'm going about my project work I will keep this idea of diving into the uncomfortable and see where it takes me."
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"This requires a re-read. Asap :)"
Trish