false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171811435m/119827.jpg 119827 2 Bestselling author Sharon Salzberg explores the meaning of faith through her personal story about a harrowing childhood of isolation and loss (a father's abandonment, a mother's early death) and her eventual journey into the Buddhist tradition. The overriding message, explains Salzberg, is that faith is "not superficial or sentimental: it does not say everything will turn out all right." So what is faith, if not trust in a happy ending? Salzburg, the cofounder of the Insight Meditation Society, explains that faith resides not in the outcome, but in the willingness to see the possibility for change.<p>"The first step on the journey of faith is to recognize that everything is moving onward to something else, inside us and outside.... We see that a self-image we've been holding doesn't need to define us forever, the next step is not the last step, what life was is not what it is now, and certainly not what it might yet be."<p>Like the great teachers of Buddhism, Salzberg relies on her stories to make the teachings relevant. She shifts effortlessly from the voice of a memoirist to the voice of a master teacher. Through her insights, we come to understand faith as a verb. Faith means never giving up on the possibilities of each moment, always seeing "our own potential for happiness, for vibrant wisdom and sustained compassion--a potential that all beings share." <I>--Gail Hudson</I> 115369 2002 Faith: Trusting Your Own Deepest Experience total:110|5:47|4:37|3:20|2:6|1:0| 110 455 148 22 2 0 false false Sun Dec 23 06:45:41 -0800 2007 Mon Feb 11 22:30:44 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Feb 15 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 15 08:47:23 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 15 08:47:23 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Wed Mar 25 10:17:01 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 25 10:18:26 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun Feb 17 09:27:07 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 17 09:36:30 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Oct 10 18:58:43 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 10 19:05:45 -0700 2009 5 0 true false Sun May 11 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun May 11 08:44:13 -0700 2008 Sun May 11 08:57:33 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Jul 02 13:28:25 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 02 13:29:06 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Mon Nov 16 15:12:05 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 16 15:12:53 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Fri Aug 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 21 17:51:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 21 17:51:00 -0700 2009
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