false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172087249m/136977.jpg 136977 15 Pema Chödrön may have more good one-liners than a Groucho Marx retrospective, but this nun's stingers go straight to the heart: "The essence of bravery is being without self-deception"; "When we practice generosity, we become intimate with our grasping"; "Difficult people are the greatest teachers." These are the punctuations to specific teachings of fearlessness. In <I>The Places That Scare You</I>, Chödrön introduces a host of the compassionate warriors' tools and concepts for transforming anxieties and negative emotions into positive living. Rather than steeling ourselves against hardship, she suggests we open ourselves to vulnerability; from this comes the loving kindness and compassion that are the wellsprings of joy. How do we achieve it? Through meditation, mindfulness, slogans, aspiration, and several other practices, such as <I>tonglen</I>, which is taking in the pain and suffering of others while sending out happiness to all--emphasis on the <I>all</I>. Chödrön introduces each of these practices in turn, backing them up with succinct practical reasoning and a framework of ideas that offers fresh interpretations of familiar words like <i>strength</i>, <i>laziness</i>, and <i>groundlessness</i>. Chödrön is the type of person you'd like to have with you in an emergency, and to deal with the extremes of daily life. In her absence, <I>The Places That Scare You</I> will do nicely. <I>--Brian Bruya</I> 183281 2001 The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times total:910|5:428|4:350|3:120|2:10|1:2| 910 3922 1518 122 136977 1590304497 9781590304495 680 88 4.31 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172087249m/136977.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/136977.The_Places_That_Scare_You_A_Guide_to_Fearlessness_in_Difficult_Times 4 2 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1998 Sun Sep 02 19:20:04 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 02 19:20:04 -0700 2007 136977 1590304497 9781590304495 680 88 4.31 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172087249m/136977.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/136977.The_Places_That_Scare_You_A_Guide_to_Fearlessness_in_Difficult_Times 5 2 false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 13 17:18:52 -0700 2008 Sat Nov 01 13:19:11 -0700 2008
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