Emotional awareness overcoming the obstacles to psychological balance and compassion : a conversation between the Dalai Lama and Paul Ekman
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Times Books,
2008.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- 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.
