Spacious Minds

Author : Sara E. Lewis
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 1501712209
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Spacious Minds written by Sara E. Lewis and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2020-02-15 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spacious Minds argues that resilience is not a mere absence of suffering. Sara E. Lewis's research reveals how those who cope most gracefully may indeed experience deep pain and loss. Looking at the Tibetan diaspora, she challenges perspectives that liken resilience to the hardiness of physical materials, suggesting people should "bounce back" from adversity. More broadly, this ethnography calls into question the tendency to use trauma as an organizing principle for all studies of conflict where suffering is understood as an individual problem rooted in psychiatric illness. Beyond simply articulating the ways that Tibetan categories of distress are different from biomedical ones, Spacious Minds shows how Tibetan Buddhism frames new possibilities for understanding resilience. Here, the social and religious landscape encourages those exposed to violence to see past events as impermanent and illusory, where debriefing, working-through, or processing past events only solidifies suffering and may even cause illness. Resilience in Dharamsala is understood as sems pa chen po, a vast and spacious mind that does not fixate on individual problems, but rather uses suffering as an opportunity to generate compassion for others in the endless cycle of samsara. A big mind view helps to see suffering in life as ordinary. And yet, an intriguing paradox occurs. As Lewis deftly demonstrates, Tibetans in exile have learned that human rights campaigns are predicated on the creation and circulation of the trauma narrative; in this way, Tibetan activists utilize foreign trauma discourse, not for psychological healing, but as a political device and act of agency.

Author : Tamara Hill Murphy
Publisher : MennoMedia, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1513811932
Total Pages : 237 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Spacious Path written by Tamara Hill Murphy and published by MennoMedia, Inc.. This book was released on 2023-06-20 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A simple invitation into a life ordered around listening and love As we live through cycles of change and disruption, our familiar pathways crumble and we find ourselves in fragmented relationships with God, others, and our own souls. We are not the first to experience this disorientation: When Jesus offered the stunning invitation to come to him to learn how to work from a place of rest, he was talking to people weighed down by ill-fitting political, economic, and religious systems. And his life and ministry offer a glimpse of a better way. For centuries a practice called the Rule of Life—built around rhythms of prayer, work, study, hospitality, and rest—has provided a loving pathway for anyone who desires to live out the whole gospel. More than a historic primer on an ancient practice, an aspirational overview of spiritual life, or a personal inventory focused on habits, The Spacious Path offers companionship through personal narrative, meaningful reflection, and guided prayer for readers to return to as often as needed. ​ Rediscover an ancient Christian practice to reorient your life around the unforced rhythms of Jesus, not by adding another ill-fitting system but by walking freely and lightly on the pathways of listening and love in the way of Jesus.

Author : Mary Schanuel
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 0615215661
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book In the Moment - Writing from a Spacious Mind written by Mary Schanuel and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2008-05 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of poems and essays is where Zen and writing meet. Zen is about simply sitting and awakening to being a fully alive human being, interconnected with the world. Writing is about awakening the creative mind and allowing it to become fully alive and connected with the world. Each breath is a moment. Each word is a moment. The work presented here reflects some of those small moments.

Author : Nancy Churnin
Publisher : Albert Whitman & Company
ISBN 13 : 0807525294
Total Pages : 35 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book For Spacious Skies written by Nancy Churnin and published by Albert Whitman & Company. This book was released on 2020-04-01 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Mighty Girl's 2020 Books of the Year The true story of the unconventional woman and her enduring song about the spirit of America. Katharine Lee Bates first wrote the lines to "America the Beautiful" after a stirring visit to Pikes Peak in 1893. But the story behind the song begins with Katharine herself, who pushed beyond conventional expectations of women to become an acclaimed writer, scholar, suffragist, and reformer. Katharine believed in the power of words to make a difference, and in "America the Beautiful," her vision of the nation as a great family, united from sea to shining sea, continues to uplift and inspire us all.

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Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Reveille written by and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1068 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Architect and Engineer of California written by and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 1068 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 794 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Architect and Engineer written by and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 794 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Total Pages : 1002 pages
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Download or read book Journal of Gas Lighting and Water Supply written by and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 1002 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Total Pages : 594 pages
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Download or read book Journal of Gas Lighting written by and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Orgyen Chowang
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
ISBN 13 : 1611803276
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Our Pristine Mind written by Orgyen Chowang and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2016-06-07 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This “gem of a book” reveals how we can go beyond mindfulness to connect with the ultimate happiness within us and transform our lives (Rick Hanson, Buddha’s Brain) The true nature of our mind is brilliant, clear, and joyful. But we don’t experience this reality amid the swirl of stresses, thoughts, and emotions of day-to-day life. Our Pristine Mind is a practical guide to uncovering our naturally comfortable state of mind and reconnecting with the unconditional happiness that is already within us. Using straightforward, accessible language, Orgyen Chowang Rinpoche leads us through the path of Pristine Mind meditation, a practice from the profound teachings known as Dzogchen. This book presents the entire journey of meditation, from the very beginning all the way to the complete happiness of enlightenment. It is a realistic, natural process that can be practiced and experienced by anyone.