Author:
Halifax, Joan.
Imprint:Boston : Shambhala, 2008.
Descriptionxix, 204 p. ; 24 cm.
Note:A path of discovery : the lucky dark -- The heart of meditation : language and silence -- Overcoming the porcupine effect : moving past fear into tenderness -- The wooden puppet and iron man : selfless compassion, radical optimism -- At home in the infinite : dwelling in the boundless abodes -- You are already dying : realizing impermanence, selflessness, and freedom -- Fictions that hinder and heal : facing truth and finding meaning -- The two arrows : I am in pain and I am not suffering -- Giving no fear : transforming poison into medicine -- Take care of your life, take care of the world : seeing my own limits with compassion -- The jeweled net : communities of care -- Wounded healers : the shadow side of caregiving -- Doorways to truth : from fear to liberation -- Embracing the road : how we remember, assess, express, and find meaning -- Between life, between people : how we forgive, reconcile, express gratitude, and love -- The great matter : there is no one right way -- The broken pine branch : deaths of acceptance and liberation -- Gratitude for the vesel : care of the body after death -- River of loss : the plunge of sorrow -- Afterword : being one with dying.
