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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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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
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eng
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First edition.
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xix, 280 pages
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9781250101341
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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
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Joan Halifax ; foreword by Rebecca Solnit
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eng
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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
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contains biographical information
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Halifax, Joan
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158.1
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index present
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non fiction
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Solnit, Rebecca
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  • Conduct of life
  • Suffering
  • Compassion
  • Altruism
  • Empathy
  • Integrity
  • Respect
  • Engagement (Philosophy)
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adult
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Standing at the edge : finding freedom where fear and courage meet, Joan Halifax ; foreword by Rebecca Solnit
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-270) and index
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rdacarrier
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text
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rdacontent
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000062108014
Dimensions
25 cm.
Edition
First edition.
Extent
xix, 280 pages
Isbn
9781250101341
Isbn Type
(hardback)
Lccn
2017061166
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unmediated
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rdamedia
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  • n
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(OCoLC)1029769998
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Standing at the edge : finding freedom where fear and courage meet, Joan Halifax ; foreword by Rebecca Solnit
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-270) and index
Carrier category
volume
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  • 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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