The gifts of suffering: finding insight, compassion, and renewal
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TextReading, MA Addison-Wesley c1996Description: x, 259p.; bibliog. refs.; bibliog; appendix; indexContent type: - text
- unmediated
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- 0-201-47964-8
- Suffering
- Sympathy
- Resilience (Personality)
- Spiritual Healing
- Jungian psychology--Religious aspects--Buddhism
- Self (Jungian Concept)
- Buddhism--Psychology
- Children
- Death
- Depression, Mental
- Emotions
- Families--Psychological aspects
- Gender Identity
- Diseases
- Pain--Psychological Aspects
- Gottlieb, Daniel, 1946-
- Sick--Psychology
- Kapleau, Philip
- Macy, Joanna
- Higgins, Gina O'Connell, 1950-
- Singer, June
- BF789.S8 Y68 1996
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Also published in paperback as The resilient spirit by Perseus Books.
Suffering : Part 2: Suffering and compassion; Part 5: An ethic of suffering; Appendix: Interview format with 11 questions that are given in advance of the interview to serve as launching points for discussion, p27-60; p139-186; p195-198; see also index.. Sympathy : Part 2: Suffering and compassion, p27-60.. Resilience (Personality) : In part 3: What protects the resilient?, p67-71.. Spiritual Healing : From pain to transformation.. Analytical Psychology and Religion, Oriental : Young-Eisendrath draws on the traditions that have enriched her own life experiences - the theories of Carl Jung, in addition to Buddhist teachings, and her practice of psychoanalysis.. Self (Jungian Concept) : p99-137; see also index.. Buddhism -- Psychology : see index.. Children : see index.. Death : see index.. Depression, Mental : see index.. Emotions : see index; see also negative emotions.. Family Relations : see index.. Gender Identity : see index.. Illness (Physical) : see index.. Pain -- Psychological Aspects : see index.. Gottlieb, Dan : Psychologist and radio host - one of the four people discussed in this book, who have faced tremendous hardships, yet found renewed insight and compassion as a result, see index.. Analytical Psychology and Illness : Young-Eisendrath draws on the traditions that have enriched her own life experiences - the theories of Carl Jung, in addition to Buddhist teachings, and her practice of psychoanalysis, see index.. Kapleau, Philip : Zen master - one of the four people discussed in this book, who have faced tremendous hardships, yet found renewed insight and compassion as a result, see index.. Macy, Joanna : Peace activist - one of the four people discussed in this book, who have faced tremendous hardships, yet found renewed insight and compassion as a result, see index.. Higgins, Gina O'Connell : Resilient Adults : Overcoming A Cruel Past : Psychologist - conducted in-depth interviews with forty adults who had endured terrifying, cruel childhood experiences, and who now see themselves and are described by others as being highly successful in work and love, see index.. Singer, June : Jungian analyst - one of the four people discussed in this book, who have faced tremendous hardships, yet found renewed insight and compassion as a result, see index.
1. The gifts. 2. Suffering and compassion. 3. Some advantages of a difficult childhood. 4. Letting the self die. 5. An ethic of suffering. 6. Lessons. Appendix: Interview format
'All of us face hardship in our lives, but most of us are in fast retreat from the pain and suffering connected to it. We forget that suffering is an essential part of the human condition, and also one of the engines of human development.'
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