Emotional awareness : overcoming the obstacles to psychological balance and compassion : a conversation between the Dalai Lama and Paul Ekman / edited by Paul Ekman.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Times Books, 2008.Edition: 1st edDescription: xxiv, 261 p. : ill. ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780805087123
- 0805087125
- 152.4 22
- BF531 .E498 2008
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152 DEL OTHER PEOPLE'S CHILDREN | 152.1 ACK A NATURAL HISTORY OF THE SENSES | 152.4 BAR How emotions are made : | 152.4 DAL Emotional awareness : | 152.4 LEW A GENERAL THEORY OF LOVE | 152.4 NAT SHAME AND PRIDE: AFFECT, SEX, AND THE BIRTH OF THE SELF | 152.44 FER DANCING AT THE SHAME PROM: SHARING THE STORIES THAT KEPT US SMALL |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-250) and index.
Foreword / by Daniel Goleman -- Introduction / by Paul Ekman -- East and West. Two traditions ; Science, religion, and truth ; The filter of moods ; When emotions are destructive ; Attachment and control ; The poverty of emotional language -- Experiencing emotion. What are emotions? ; Obstacles to constructive emotional experiences ; Calming difficult people ; Mindfulness ; The refractory period ; Emotional scripts -- Emotional balance. Meditative practice ; How high the bar ; The startle and the buffer ; Forgiveness and responsibility -- Anger, resentment, and hatred. Preparing for anger ; Expressing anger ; The varieties of anger ; The actor and the act ; The relatives of anger ; Motivating anger -- The nature of compassion. Defining compassion ; Compassion from an evolutionary perspective ; Animal intelligence ; Unbiased compassion ; Cultivating connectedness ; Cultivating consciousness ; The balance of wisdom and compassion ; Empathy, intelligence, and wisdom -- Global compassion. Extending the limits of compassion ; Releasing resentments ; Learning altruism ; Achieving emotional balance ; Gratitude and rejoicing ; Mental training gymnasiums -- Personal transformation. Changing the experience of emotion ; The mystery of goodness ; The path of reason.
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