A Lamp in the Darkness: Illuminating the Path Through Difficult Times - Softcover

Jack Kornfield

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1622030966 ISBN 13: 9781622030965

Publisher: Sounds True Inc, 2014

Synopsis

When the path ahead is dark, how can we keep from stumbling? How do we make our way with courage and dignity? Inside each of us is an eternal light that I call the One Who Knows, writes Jack Kornfield. Awakening to this wisdom can help us find our way through pain and suffering with grace and tenderness. For anyone seeking answers during a time of trial, he offers A Lamp in the Darkness, a book-and-CD programme filled with spiritual and psychological insights, hope-giving stories, and special guided meditations for skilfully navigating life s inevitable storms. The practices in this book are not positive thinking, quick fixes, or simplistic self-help strategies. They are powerful tools for doing the work of the soul to access our inner knowing and to embrace the fullness of our life experience. With regular practice, these teachings and meditations enable you to transform your difficulties into a guiding light for the journey ahead. Join Jack Kornfield as your trusted guide and friend as you explore: Shared Compassion a guided practice for planting the seeds of compassion and opening the heart to all that life brings The Practice of Forgiveness medicine that can release us from the past and allow us to truly begin anew The Temple of Healing a guided visualization to meet your own inner healer Just as it is certain that each life will include suffering, explains Kornfield, it is also true that in every moment there is the possibility of transcending your difficulties to discover the heart s eternal freedom. With A Lamp in the Darkness, he offers you a beacon for yourself and others until joy returns again.

About this title

Review:

"I will make sure to keep several copies on hand to give to friends in times of need." --ELIZABETH LESSER, author of Broken Open

". . . rich with practical lessons in truth and love, compassion and mindful awareness- and will help guide us home for decades to come." --LAMA SURYA DAS, author of Buddha is As Buddha Does

About the Author:

Jack Kornfield
Jack Kornfield, PhD, trained as a Buddhist monk in Thailand, Burma, and India and has been teaching meditation internationally since 1974. He is one of the key teachers to introduce mindfulness practices to the West. He co-founded the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts and founded the Spirit Rock Center in Woodacre California. He holds a PhDin clinical psychology and has taught in centers and universities worldwide. Jack has led International Buddhist Teacher meetings with the Dalai Lama, worked with many of the great teachers of our time, and is a father and activist.He is co-creator of theAwareness Training Instituteandhas written more than a dozen books, includingMeditation for Beginners; A Path With Heart; After the Ecstasy, the Laundry;and more.

Jon Kabat-Zinn
Jon Kabat-Zinn, PhD, is the founder and director of the Stress Reduction Clinic at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center and associate professor of medicine in the Division of Preventative and Behavioral Medicine. His clinic was featured in 1993 in the public television series Healing and the Mind with Bill Moyers. Jon Kabat-Zinn is the author of Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life and Full-Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom ofYour Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain and Illness.

About this edition

• Publisher: Sounds True Inc
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1622030966
• ISBN 13: 9781622030965
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 118