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Love your enemies, how to break the anger habit & be a whole lot happier, Sharon Salzberg and Tenzin Robert Thurman

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non fiction

Love your enemies

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Sharon Salzberg and Tenzin Robert Thurman

how to break the anger habit & be a whole lot happier

"In Love Your Enemies, Sharon Salzberg and Tenzin Robert Thurman draw on ancient spiritual wisdom, modern psychology, and the latest neuroscience to guide us in dealing with troublesome people and situations, and overcoming the real source of our distress, our deep-seated self-centeredness and self-hatred"--Publisher's websiteSalzberg and Thurman draw on ancient spiritual wisdom, modern psychology, and the latest neuroscience to guide us in dealing with troublesome people and situations. Inspired by Buddhist philosophy, they introduce readers how to not only identify our enemies but also discover the real source of our distress, allowing us to transform our relationships

Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Victory over the Outer Enemy -- Bullying -- Crushing the Competition -- Enemy-making -- The Power of Forgiveness -- ch. 2 Victory over the Inner Enemy -- Anger -- Patience -- Our Naturally Radiant Mind -- Making an Enemy of Suffering -- Big-Sky Mind -- Healing through Adversity -- Right Speech -- Praise and Blame -- The Myth of Control -- Befriending Time -- ch. 3 Victory over the Secret Enemy -- Self-Preoccupation or Loving Oneself? -- Empathy -- Looking for the Good -- From Me to We -- The Tyranny of Separation -- Death, The Great Awakener -- ch. 4 Victory over the Super-secret Enemy -- Self-Loathing -- Self-Esteem versus Self-Compassion -- No More Self-Hatred -- No More Enemies -- Cool Revolution -- Appendix Practice Guide: Do This at Home! -- Basic Meditation -- Working with the Outer Enemy: Tenzin Robert Thurman -- Working with the Inner Enemy: Sharon Salzberg -- Lovingkindness -- Compassion -- Sympathetic Joy -- EquanimityContents note continued: Working with the Secret Enemy: Tenzin Robert Thurman -- Working with the Super-secret Enemy: Tenzin Robert ThurmanWe are the traffic. Victory over the outer enemy -- The power of forgiveness. Victory over the inner enemy ; Victory over the secret enemy -- Death, the great awakener. Victory over the super-secret enemy -- Cool revolution -- Appendix. Practical guide: do this at home!