Making A Change For Good - Softcover

Huber, Cheri

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1590302087 ISBN 13: 9781590302088

Publisher: Shambhala Publications Inc, 2007

Synopsis

According to Zen teacher Cheri Huber, we are conditioned to think that if we were only a little better in some way, we would be happy: Life isn't the way it should be and it's my fault!   But, Huber says, no amount of self-punishment will ever make us happy or bring us control over life s problems.

The help we are looking for is really found in self-acceptance and kindness toward ourselves. By simply allowing ourselves to be guided by our innate intelligence and generosity, which are our authentic nature, we are able to be compassionately present to what s happening now. Compassionate self-discipline the will to take positive steps in life is found through nothing other than being present. When we are present and aware, we are not engaged in distracting, addictive behaviors. If we simply cultivate our ability to pay attention and focus on what is here in this moment, our experience can be authentic, awake, honest, and joyful.

The book includes a guided thirty-day program of daily meditation, contemplation, and journaling.

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Review

"Huber has been a Zen teacher for many years, but this does not feel at all like a Zen book. . . . The warmth of Huber's style and advice reinforce her message that self-acceptance, rather than punishment, is more likely to result in the changes we seek."--Library Journal

"Huber challenges us to see our resistances and to accept our conditioned thoughts and behaviors--to live in the present moment with awareness."--Spirituality & Health magazine

Synopsis

According to Cheri Huber, "compassionate self-discipline is simply allowing the innate intelligence and generosity that is your authentic nature to guide you in every moment". Her basic logic is that we've been conditioned since childhood to believe life should be better than it is. We think if we were only a little better in some way, we would be happy: "Life isn't the way it should be and it's my fault!" But, Huber says, no amount of self-punishment will ever make us happy or bring control over life's problems. The help we are looking for is really found in self-acceptance and kindness toward ourselves. The will to take positive steps in life is found through nothing other than being present. Huber says that when we are present and aware, we are not engaged in distracting, addictive behaviours. Therefore, if we simply cultivate our ability to pay attention and focus on what is here in this moment, our experience can be authentic, awake, honest, and joyful, with no need to force ourselves into something or to hide out or run away by using substances or other habitual escapes. The book includes a guided 30-day programme of daily meditation, contemplation, and journalling.

Edition details

• Publisher: Shambhala Publications Inc
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1590302087
• ISBN 13: 9781590302088
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 1