"Joan Halifax is a clearheaded and fearless traveler and in this book...she offers us a map of how to travel courageously and fruitfully, for our own benefit and the benefit of all beings." -From the foreword by Rebecca Solnit Standing at the Edge is an evocative examination of how we can respond to suffering, live our fullest lives, and remain open to the full spectrum of our human experience. Joan Halifax has enriched thousands of lives around the world through her work as a humanitarian, a social activist, an anthropologist, and as a Buddhist teacher. Over many decades, she has also…mehr
"Joan Halifax is a clearheaded and fearless traveler and in this book...she offers us a map of how to travel courageously and fruitfully, for our own benefit and the benefit of all beings." -From the foreword by Rebecca Solnit Standing at the Edge is an evocative examination of how we can respond to suffering, live our fullest lives, and remain open to the full spectrum of our human experience. Joan Halifax has enriched thousands of lives around the world through her work as a humanitarian, a social activist, an anthropologist, and as a Buddhist teacher. Over many decades, she has also collaborated with neuroscientists, clinicians, and psychologists to understand how contemplative practice can be a vehicle for social transformation. Through her unusual background, she developed an understanding of how our greatest challenges can become the most valuable source of our wisdom-and how we can transform our experience of suffering into the power of compassion for the benefit of others. Halifax has identified five psychological territories she calls Edge States-altruism, empathy, integrity, respect, and engagement-that epitomize strength of character. Yet each of these states can also be the cause of personal and social suffering. In this way, these five psychological experiences form edges, and it is only when we stand at these edges that we become open to the full range of our human experience and discover who we really are. Recounting the experiences of caregivers, activists, humanitarians, politicians, parents, and teachers, incorporating the wisdom of Zen traditions and mindfulness practices, and rooted in Halifax's groundbreaking research on compassion, Standing at the Edge is destined to become a contemporary classic. A powerful guide on how to find the freedom we seek for others and ourselves, it is a book that will serve us all.
Roshi Joan Halifax, Ph.D., is a Buddhist teacher, Zen priest and anthropologist. She is Founder, Abbot, and Head Teacher of Upaya Institute and Zen Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She received her Ph.D. in medical anthropology and received a National Science Foundation Fellowship in Visual Anthropology, was an Honorary Research Fellow in Medical Ethnobotany at Harvard University, and was a Distinguished Visiting Scholar at the Library of Congress. She is the founder of the Upaya Prison Project and of the Nomads Clinic in Nepal.
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Foreword by Rebecca Solnit A VIEW FROM THE EDGE Edge States Vast View Interdependence Futility and Courage 1. ALTRUISM I. At the High Edge of Altruism Self, Selfish, or Selfless? Forgetting the Self II. Falling over the Edge of Altruism: Pathological Altruism Help that Harms Healthy or Not? Fire Lotus Altruism Bias III. Altruism and the Other Edge States IV. Practices That Support Altruism Practicing Not-Knowing Practicing Bearing Witness Compassionate Action V. Discovery at the Edge of Altruism The Wooden Puppet and the Wounded Healer Love 2. EMPATHY I. At the High Edge of Empathy Somatic Empathy Emotional Empathy Cognitive Empathy Take a Knee Throughout the Body, Hands, and Eyes II. Falling over the Edge of Empathy: Empathic Distress Empathy Is Not Compassion Empathic Arousal Emotional Blunting and Blindness Between Gift and Invasion III. Empathy and the Other Edge States IV. Practices that Support Empathy Deep Listening Stewarding Empathy The Practice of Rehumanization V. Discovery at the Edge of Empathy 3. INTEGRITY I. Standing at the High Edge of Integrity Moral Nerve and Radical Optimism Living by Vow II. Falling over the Edge of Integrity: Moral Suffering Moral Distress The Pain of Moral Injury Moral Outrage and the Stickiness of Anger and Disgust Moral Apathy and the Death of the Heart III. Integrity and the Other Edge States IV. Practices That Support Integrity Expanding the Circle of Inquiry Vows to Live By Practicing Gratefulness V. Discovery at the Edge of Integrity 4. RESPECT I. Standing at the High Edge of Respect Respect for Others, Principles, and Ourselves Two Hands Together Washing the Feet of Others Water Is Life II. Falling over the Edge of Respect: Disrespect Bullying Horizontal Hostility Internalized Oppression Vertical Violence Power With and Power Over Stripped of Dignity Angulimala Causes and Effects III. Respect and the Other Edge States IV. Practices that Support Respect The Drama Triangle The Five Gatekeepers of Speech Exchanging Self with Other V. Discovery at the Edge of Respect 5. ENGAGEMENT I. At the High Edge of Engagement Energy, Involvement, Efficacy The Gift of Busyness II. Falling over the Edge of Engagement: Burnout Who Burns Out? Addicted to Busyness Drinking the Poison of Work Stress III. Engagement and the Other Edge States IV. Practices That Support Engagement Work Practice Practicing Right Livelihood No Work Practice V. Discovery at the Edge of Engagement Play Connection 6. COMPASSION AT THE EDGE I. Survival of the Kindest Science and Compassion II. Three Faces of Compassion Referential Compassion Insight-Based Compassion Non-Referential Compassion Asanga and the Red Dog III. The Six Perfections IV. Compassion's Enemies The Arithmetic of Compassion Falling In and Out of Compassion V. Mapping Compassion Compassion Is Made of Non-Compassion Elements VI. Compassion Practice Practicing GRACE VII. Compassion in the Charnel Ground Harrowing from Hell The Magic Mirror Acknowledgments Notes
Foreword by Rebecca Solnit A VIEW FROM THE EDGE Edge States Vast View Interdependence Futility and Courage 1. ALTRUISM I. At the High Edge of Altruism Self, Selfish, or Selfless? Forgetting the Self II. Falling over the Edge of Altruism: Pathological Altruism Help that Harms Healthy or Not? Fire Lotus Altruism Bias III. Altruism and the Other Edge States IV. Practices That Support Altruism Practicing Not-Knowing Practicing Bearing Witness Compassionate Action V. Discovery at the Edge of Altruism The Wooden Puppet and the Wounded Healer Love 2. EMPATHY I. At the High Edge of Empathy Somatic Empathy Emotional Empathy Cognitive Empathy Take a Knee Throughout the Body, Hands, and Eyes II. Falling over the Edge of Empathy: Empathic Distress Empathy Is Not Compassion Empathic Arousal Emotional Blunting and Blindness Between Gift and Invasion III. Empathy and the Other Edge States IV. Practices that Support Empathy Deep Listening Stewarding Empathy The Practice of Rehumanization V. Discovery at the Edge of Empathy 3. INTEGRITY I. Standing at the High Edge of Integrity Moral Nerve and Radical Optimism Living by Vow II. Falling over the Edge of Integrity: Moral Suffering Moral Distress The Pain of Moral Injury Moral Outrage and the Stickiness of Anger and Disgust Moral Apathy and the Death of the Heart III. Integrity and the Other Edge States IV. Practices That Support Integrity Expanding the Circle of Inquiry Vows to Live By Practicing Gratefulness V. Discovery at the Edge of Integrity 4. RESPECT I. Standing at the High Edge of Respect Respect for Others, Principles, and Ourselves Two Hands Together Washing the Feet of Others Water Is Life II. Falling over the Edge of Respect: Disrespect Bullying Horizontal Hostility Internalized Oppression Vertical Violence Power With and Power Over Stripped of Dignity Angulimala Causes and Effects III. Respect and the Other Edge States IV. Practices that Support Respect The Drama Triangle The Five Gatekeepers of Speech Exchanging Self with Other V. Discovery at the Edge of Respect 5. ENGAGEMENT I. At the High Edge of Engagement Energy, Involvement, Efficacy The Gift of Busyness II. Falling over the Edge of Engagement: Burnout Who Burns Out? Addicted to Busyness Drinking the Poison of Work Stress III. Engagement and the Other Edge States IV. Practices That Support Engagement Work Practice Practicing Right Livelihood No Work Practice V. Discovery at the Edge of Engagement Play Connection 6. COMPASSION AT THE EDGE I. Survival of the Kindest Science and Compassion II. Three Faces of Compassion Referential Compassion Insight-Based Compassion Non-Referential Compassion Asanga and the Red Dog III. The Six Perfections IV. Compassion's Enemies The Arithmetic of Compassion Falling In and Out of Compassion V. Mapping Compassion Compassion Is Made of Non-Compassion Elements VI. Compassion Practice Practicing GRACE VII. Compassion in the Charnel Ground Harrowing from Hell The Magic Mirror Acknowledgments Notes
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