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inspiring book This is such an important book for all those in any of the helping professions, as it discusses the 'edge' between appropriate and necessary care of others and 'falling off or over the edge' into apathy or distress.
And there is so much , so it is very useful for activist and those that are noting disapproval and outrage towards what is happening in the US and in other parts of the world at this time.
Roshi Joan's writing is simple yet effectively, helps one to understand and feel what appropriate and inappropriate empathy, altruism, integrity, respect and engagement are like, She also offers simple and effect practices for those times when we do fall over or off those edges,
The book is filled with personal anecdotes from her own life which only adds to the authenticity of what she is conveying, As such, this book is for everyone, not just professionals and caregivers, Highly recommended! "Joan Halifax is a clearheaded and fearless traveler and in this bookshe 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 wisdomand 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 Statesaltruism, empathy, integrity, respect, and engagementthat 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 Halifaxs 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, What I love about this new book by Roshi Joan Halifax is how she reaches out through her beautiful and careful words to the heart of each reader, with life giving hands as she calls the engagement of compassion.
You can feel her personally touching you as you read, Wherever you are in your life and work, she's been there and she knows how hard it is to stay on track, to stay energized and loving, to be the best version of a human one can be.
I felt her openness to my goodness as well as my shadow self, as if she's rooting for me and all of us to wake up, relax, love, grow and do the good work the world needs us to do.
I'll keep this book close a guidebook for life in our times, Joan Halifax has written a critically important book for our time, The edge states she describes are experienced by all of us in one way or another, The stories she tells from her long life of deep service illuminate and make her cautions relatable to all readers, My copy is already full of underlinings and notes to self, I am also listening to Ms, Halifax read her book on audible, She compassionate voice mirrors the work beautifully and lets the concepts enter one's consciousness in a complementary way to the text reading, I heartily recommend this book for all, I read a lot of books, always in search of motivation or some new nugget to help process my own thinking/feeling and the world around me.
So many books on EQ, enlightenment, self help, etc, speak to us almost as children in need of a lecture or almost presents life and emotions as a game that needs to be won, This book is so thoughtful, beautiful, easy to read, easy to understand and integrateit is so smart! And yet, reading this book is like sitting with a trusted, enlightened friend who speaks as if we are all equals, students on a journey.
Roshi Joan Halifax is so thoughtful and grounded she is clearly very far along in her journey, but never ever makes us feel that we're behind.
So refreshing. Regardless of what brought you here to consider this book, buy/read this book, This is easily the best book I've read in a very long time, Highly recommend. Safe travels. I have read Halifax before and she is a truly wise woman,
She looks at what she calls Edge States and what can happen when we slip over them, These are all virtues by any religious or moral view: altruism, empathy, integrity, respect and engagement. Yet with all of them, it's possible to stand at the top, happy with one's efforts, and then slide off into the slough,
For example, empathy can turn into distress, integrity into moral suffering, engagement can result in overwork and burnout, Roshi Joan Halifax has many years of experience as an antropologist, Buddhist teacher, and caregiver to the dying, She has many years a founder, abbot, and head teacher of the Upaya Institute and Zen Center, in Santa Fe,
He Buddhist beliefs do not keep this from being an outstanding book for anyone of any religious belief, or non belief, This book is, plain and simply, beautiful, It is real, it is wise, it is practical, And it is human.
I was fortunate to be with Roshi Joan in Seattle when she first held her new book, this book, at its national release, She said when looking at its cover and touching it with embodied gentleness: “Its a beautiful book, isnt it” And it is,
Understanding edge states has already had a profound impact upon my life, at work, at home with my colleagues and with my family, Ive already begun sharing it with othersand its impact is being realized,
Its true and its still a choice we can all make: “Compassion is not a luxury, it is a necessity, ” And we need it than ever, We are compassionate by naturewe just need to wake up, engage, and realize what will best serve in each and every momentwith grace and G, R. A. C. E. Standing at the edge takes couragebut we have to understand and realize that we are there and that, when there, in those moments, we have a choice and an opportunity.
Thank you Roshi, for being you and for this gift, May it find a wide audience so that its light can warm this cold worldif only this one little corner of it, Walking with others on the path of care is what gives me a sense of hope, But it can also be a tenuous journey on which we come to face our shadow sides in the thick of what Joan Halifax calls “edge states.
” For the broad spectrum of caregivers we are and need to be: parents, teachers, neighbors, community organizers voters! as well as professional social workers, hospital/prison chaplains, counselors, psychotherapists, medical professionals, and social justice advocates, Roshi Halifax provides both philosophical wisdom and practical skillfulness in how we can navigate that path courageously and wholesomely, with both compassion and equanimity in tact.
Maintaining a “soft front and strong back,” we can sustainably nourish ourselves and care for others, without spiraling down into the collapse of empathic distress and caregiver burnout.
Living in a time when our well being depend on care, I cant think of a important perspective to share, This is a beautifully written and truly inspiring book, and I am so grateful for the support it offers,
And there is so much , so it is very useful for activist and those that are noting disapproval and outrage towards what is happening in the US and in other parts of the world at this time.
Roshi Joan's writing is simple yet effectively, helps one to understand and feel what appropriate and inappropriate empathy, altruism, integrity, respect and engagement are like, She also offers simple and effect practices for those times when we do fall over or off those edges,
The book is filled with personal anecdotes from her own life which only adds to the authenticity of what she is conveying, As such, this book is for everyone, not just professionals and caregivers, Highly recommended! "Joan Halifax is a clearheaded and fearless traveler and in this bookshe 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 wisdomand 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 Statesaltruism, empathy, integrity, respect, and engagementthat 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 Halifaxs 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, What I love about this new book by Roshi Joan Halifax is how she reaches out through her beautiful and careful words to the heart of each reader, with life giving hands as she calls the engagement of compassion.
You can feel her personally touching you as you read, Wherever you are in your life and work, she's been there and she knows how hard it is to stay on track, to stay energized and loving, to be the best version of a human one can be.
I felt her openness to my goodness as well as my shadow self, as if she's rooting for me and all of us to wake up, relax, love, grow and do the good work the world needs us to do.
I'll keep this book close a guidebook for life in our times, Joan Halifax has written a critically important book for our time, The edge states she describes are experienced by all of us in one way or another, The stories she tells from her long life of deep service illuminate and make her cautions relatable to all readers, My copy is already full of underlinings and notes to self, I am also listening to Ms, Halifax read her book on audible, She compassionate voice mirrors the work beautifully and lets the concepts enter one's consciousness in a complementary way to the text reading, I heartily recommend this book for all, I read a lot of books, always in search of motivation or some new nugget to help process my own thinking/feeling and the world around me.
So many books on EQ, enlightenment, self help, etc, speak to us almost as children in need of a lecture or almost presents life and emotions as a game that needs to be won, This book is so thoughtful, beautiful, easy to read, easy to understand and integrateit is so smart! And yet, reading this book is like sitting with a trusted, enlightened friend who speaks as if we are all equals, students on a journey.
Roshi Joan Halifax is so thoughtful and grounded she is clearly very far along in her journey, but never ever makes us feel that we're behind.
So refreshing. Regardless of what brought you here to consider this book, buy/read this book, This is easily the best book I've read in a very long time, Highly recommend. Safe travels. I have read Halifax before and she is a truly wise woman,
She looks at what she calls Edge States and what can happen when we slip over them, These are all virtues by any religious or moral view: altruism, empathy, integrity, respect and engagement. Yet with all of them, it's possible to stand at the top, happy with one's efforts, and then slide off into the slough,
For example, empathy can turn into distress, integrity into moral suffering, engagement can result in overwork and burnout, Roshi Joan Halifax has many years of experience as an antropologist, Buddhist teacher, and caregiver to the dying, She has many years a founder, abbot, and head teacher of the Upaya Institute and Zen Center, in Santa Fe,
He Buddhist beliefs do not keep this from being an outstanding book for anyone of any religious belief, or non belief, This book is, plain and simply, beautiful, It is real, it is wise, it is practical, And it is human.
I was fortunate to be with Roshi Joan in Seattle when she first held her new book, this book, at its national release, She said when looking at its cover and touching it with embodied gentleness: “Its a beautiful book, isnt it” And it is,
Understanding edge states has already had a profound impact upon my life, at work, at home with my colleagues and with my family, Ive already begun sharing it with othersand its impact is being realized,
Its true and its still a choice we can all make: “Compassion is not a luxury, it is a necessity, ” And we need it than ever, We are compassionate by naturewe just need to wake up, engage, and realize what will best serve in each and every momentwith grace and G, R. A. C. E. Standing at the edge takes couragebut we have to understand and realize that we are there and that, when there, in those moments, we have a choice and an opportunity.
Thank you Roshi, for being you and for this gift, May it find a wide audience so that its light can warm this cold worldif only this one little corner of it, Walking with others on the path of care is what gives me a sense of hope, But it can also be a tenuous journey on which we come to face our shadow sides in the thick of what Joan Halifax calls “edge states.
” For the broad spectrum of caregivers we are and need to be: parents, teachers, neighbors, community organizers voters! as well as professional social workers, hospital/prison chaplains, counselors, psychotherapists, medical professionals, and social justice advocates, Roshi Halifax provides both philosophical wisdom and practical skillfulness in how we can navigate that path courageously and wholesomely, with both compassion and equanimity in tact.
Maintaining a “soft front and strong back,” we can sustainably nourish ourselves and care for others, without spiraling down into the collapse of empathic distress and caregiver burnout.
Living in a time when our well being depend on care, I cant think of a important perspective to share, This is a beautifully written and truly inspiring book, and I am so grateful for the support it offers,
Roshi Joan Halifax, Ph, D. , is a Buddhist teacher, Zen priest, anthropologist, and pioneer in the field of end of life care, 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 inand has lectured on the subject of death and dying at many academic institutions and medical centers around the world, She 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.
From, she worked with psychiatrist Stanislav Grof at the Maryland Psychiatric Research Center with dying cancer patients, She has continued to work with dying people and their families, and to teach health care professionals and family caregivers the psycho social, ethical and spiritual aspects of care of the dying.
She is Director of the Project on Being with Dying, and Founder of the Upaya Prison Project that develops programs on meditation for prisoners, She is also founder of the Nomads Clinic in Nepal,
She studied for a decade with Zen Teacher Seung Sahn and was a teacher in the Kwan Um Zen School, She received the Lamp Transmission from Thich Nhat Hanh, and was given Inka by Roshi Bernie Glassman,
A Founding Teacher of the Zen Peacemaker Order and founder of Prajna Mountain Buddhist Order, her work and practice for than four decades has focused on engaged Buddhism.
Her books include: The Human Encounter with Death with Stanislav Grof The Fruitful Darkness, A Journey Through Buddhist Practice Simplicity in the Complex: A Buddhist Life in America Being with Dying: Cultivating Compassion and Wisdom in the Presence of Death and her forthcoming, Standing at the Edge: Finding Freedom Where Fear and Courage Meet to be released on May,.
Joan Halifax