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Present with Suffering: Being with the Things That Hurt

Present with Suffering: Being with the Things That Hurt

Wilde McCormick, Elizabeth
Shukman, Henry
Wellings, Nigel

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BuddhismDeath & DyingGeneral Psychology

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ISBN10: 1913494446
ISBN13: 9781913494445
Publisher: Karnac Books
Published: Nov 25 2021
Pages: 228
Weight: 0.75
Height: 0.80 Width: 5.00 Depth: 7.20
Language: English

There is something about everything that makes it not quite satisfactory. Even things we really love are spoilt by not being quite enough or - the opposite - going on too long. People entering psychotherapy want to feel better - more authoritative, less anxious or depressed, more whole - and although it can help, an enormous amount of difficult and painful emotions continue to arise. After years and years of therapy, many of us feel as mad as ever. There is no 'happy ever after'. This all begs the question; what is the place of suffering in human experience and how best can we be with it? This book picks up this question and answers by saying that discontent and unhappiness are inevitable parts of our human experience but there are ways to avoid adding further unnecessary suffering. By becoming present, accepting, and kind, we may enfold what hurts us in a more spacious and meaningful way. Cultivating our ability to be present with emotions felt in the body, we may get a glimpse of how emotions dissolve in the open space of awareness.

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