The Resource Standing at the edge : finding freedom where fear and courage meet, Joan Halifax ; foreword by Rebecca Solnit
Standing at the edge : finding freedom where fear and courage meet, Joan Halifax ; foreword by Rebecca Solnit
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- Summary
- Joan Halifax has enriched thousands of lives around the world through her work as a humanitarian, a social activist, an anthropologist, and as a 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. Through her unusual background, she developed an understanding of how our greatest challenges can become the most valuable source of our wisdom--and how we can transform our experience of 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 groundbreaking 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
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xix, 280 pages
- Isbn
- 9781250101341
- Label
- Standing at the edge : finding freedom where fear and courage meet
- Title
- Standing at the edge
- Title remainder
- finding freedom where fear and courage meet
- Statement of responsibility
- Joan Halifax ; foreword by Rebecca Solnit
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Joan Halifax has enriched thousands of lives around the world through her work as a humanitarian, a social activist, an anthropologist, and as a 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. Through her unusual background, she developed an understanding of how our greatest challenges can become the most valuable source of our wisdom--and how we can transform our experience of 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 groundbreaking 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
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Halifax, Joan
- Dewey number
- 158.1
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Solnit, Rebecca
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Conduct of life
- Suffering
- Compassion
- Altruism
- Empathy
- Integrity
- Respect
- Engagement (Philosophy)
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Standing at the edge : finding freedom where fear and courage meet, Joan Halifax ; foreword by Rebecca Solnit
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-270) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000062108014
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xix, 280 pages
- Isbn
- 9781250101341
- Isbn Type
- (hardback)
- Lccn
- 2017061166
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1029769998
- Label
- Standing at the edge : finding freedom where fear and courage meet, Joan Halifax ; foreword by Rebecca Solnit
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-270) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000062108014
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xix, 280 pages
- Isbn
- 9781250101341
- Isbn Type
- (hardback)
- Lccn
- 2017061166
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1029769998
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